AMYMSA Swim Meet

Race: Masters Swim Meet (scy)
Date: December 5, 2010
Location: Coraopolis, PA

Event #1: 50-yard Breaststroke
Time: 39.72 seconds
Age Group Rank: 3 out of 3

Event #2: 50-yard Freestyle
Time: 34.17 seconds
Age Group Rank: 5 out of 5

This was my first competitive swim meet, ever. Here is a photo to document my breastroke event:

Swimming my first ever breaststroke event in a Master's Swim meet.

Saint Vincent College Alumni 5K

Race: 5K run
Date: August 28, 2010
Location: Latrobe, PA.
Time: 28:25
Rank: 82 out of 112 runners.
Results: http://athletics.stvincent.edu/documents/2010/8/29/Alumni_10.pdf

Running my first 5K race

This was my first-ever race. My schedule changed, making it possible for me to join a 5K race in my neighborhood. I decided to participate just two days before the event, so obviously I had no time to train. However, I've been running 2-3 days per month for the last 8 months, and during these running workouts I usually go for 20-30 minutes at a time and cover a distance of 2-3 miles. Five kilometers is about 3.1 miles, so it seemed like a reasonable expectation that with just a little mental push, I could achieve that distance.