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I ran my first 10k run today! My legs may not work tomorrow, but I ran 10k!

More "walked, jogged, and tottered" than "ran", but I don't care. I finished it! I signed up for the 5k, but it turns out my application didn't make it in time. One of my sister's friends, however, who signed up for the 10k didn't show up, so I got her race pack instead.

I took a very long time to do it -- a bit more than an hour and a half, maybe an hour and forty minutes, whereas everyone else I was with finished before an hour twenty, but ahhaha, 10k.

I initially decided I'd stop after 5k, because that's what I'd originally signed up for, but then I thought to myself that since I was already there, I might as well try for 7.5k... and then after I finished 7.5, I only had one lap to go, so I might as well finish it.

Silly fu. Silly, silly fu. I'll regret it tomorrow, but it was an amazing feeling to step through the finish line.

My new shoes are definitely much better than my old ones. Better cushioning, and although my feet were sore after the race, it was more an ache which started after I'd run more than 5k, rather than the stabbing pain that I experienced less than 2k into the first one. I limped a bit after the run, but my feet felt healed after sitting down for a while, which was not the case before.

Afterwards, I went out with my sister's friends to eat breakfast (tapa at D... Da... Dra...something). Stopped by the bazaar briefly, and then went to my grandpa's place for lunch (alimasag and fresh shrimp!). Oddly enough, I didn't feel as sleepy as I did after my first run. Nevertheless, I lay down to take a quick nap, which extended itself to about six hours. Oops :-D

The run itself was interesting. Pinay In Action, an all women's run in celebration of Women's Day. In practice, there were quite a lot of guys who joined the run, but they weren't eligible for any prizes.

Overall, an interesting day. We'll see whether I still think it was worth it when I wake up tomorrow.