Rex Lee Run

So I have to do a service project for my financial management class, and my professor announced this week that running the Rex Lee would count because the proceeds of the race go to BYU's cancer awareness group or something like that.

I have not run a 5K since my cross country days in high school. In fact, I can probably count on two hands the number of times I've actually run since then. Because Talmadge and I are doing a sprint triahlon this summer and a 5K is part of that race, I figured that running the Rex Lee would be a good gauge for how much I'm out of shape.

Here's how it panned out:

I finished the race in 22:02, averaging 7:06 a mile. This time is 4:20 slower than my fastest high school time of 17:42, averaging about 5:36 a mile.

Not so good.

Hannah tells me that it can only get better from here, which is probably true because I didn't train at all. My only regret is the boy, no older than 12 years, who passed me during the last 1/4 mile.