Ran my 1st 5K

[scoopersc]

I just finished my 1st race for Autism Speaks. It was great! I'm down to 234 from 329 back in Feb. I finished in 29:35, which was better than my goal of 30min. Has anyone else run in a race after losing substantial weight?

[YoungGunz28]

i ran in a 5k the other day, and i had recently lost weight, i used to be all muscley and now im more lean and endurant i lost about 12-14 lbs. i ran one in 20:46

[samsont]

very nice running a 5k or 10k is part of my long term goals!

[jorgegarcia]

I've run 2 5ks, 3 10ks and a half-marathon (21ks) in the last year and a half. I was 290lbs+ and with the weight training and running have steadily gone down. As of this morning I'm 211lbs and on days when I do my long runs I've seen as little as 207, but that's just water (it's really humid here)

[Bignbuff]

Congratulations! You've lost almost 100 pounds in four months?! WTFJULY4BBQ?

[Nara62629]

i'm working on it. I used to be in decent shape, but with this weight and age gain, its become extremely hard and painful to run. So i'm trying to drop a few lbs before i really hit the pavement hard. Even at 220 lbs i ran a 26 mins. i'd like to atleast get back there. But first goal for me is just to jog non stop for 30 mins.
Congrats, whats your next goal? <25 mins??

[crupiea]

Great job, I know you feel great for doing that and you should!! Awesome work.

Any plans for a 10k in the future? I hope so.

[Jamesnz]

Good work mate, pretty respectable time too

What is your next goal?

[samsont]

anyone know a good place to find when these events are happening?

[SFreppinitbig]

Originally Posted by scoopersc

I just finished my 1st race for Autism Speaks. It was great! I'm down to 234 from 329 back in Feb. I finished in 29:35, which was better than my goal of 30min. Has anyone else run in a race after losing substantial weight?

Ran a 5 and 12K.

5K: 23:46
12K: 1 hour

[Knight_Training]

Yup i ran one @ 21:42, i prolly could have done a lil better but it was in a really hilly area, came out 4th in my age group hehe...

[scoopersc]

I really want to get to sub 25 min. I would also like to work my way up to 10k or half marathon. Thanks for the feedback.

[Badfrog]

Awesome, I ran one two weeks ago after hitting the 50lbs lost mark and came in at 26:40 and placed 149 out of 300. I don't recall seeing anyone near my size so I was pretty happy with the results.

[mjhtan]

Samsont. Best place that I've found is active.com

Just go to the "Runners" portion of the site and type in your city and state to look for the events.

[Braindrop]

Me and Mrs. Brain have been doing couch-2-5k for 4 months, and did our first 5k a week ago. I can't imagine having run 3 miles when I weighed 272#.