My first 5K!

Today I ran my first 5K with my friends from work Jonathan and Jessie (in the above pic taken before the race). It was the Jack-O-Lantern run in Niagara Falls. It absolutely poured but it was a lot of fun and I finished in 33 minutes and 20 seconds which wasn't too shabby for my first time. I ran into an old acquaintance at the starting line and he asked me if I was going for a PR (personal record...he clarified that for me right away). I told him it was my first time and I just wanted to finish the race. Jessie and Jonathan did well too. I lost them within the first couple seconds at the starting line (they both ran in high school and are a little faster than me) but Jessie came back to run the last few hundred feet with me to the finish line after she was done. Jamie and Scott came out to take a few pics and cheer us on. We were absolutely soaked at the end but it was a fun morning and I'm glad I ran it. Now I am signed up for another in November in downtown Buffalo. Maybe it will be snowing that day! Below is a pic of me after the first 1 1/2 miles (approx.). We did two loops around Goat Island and this was after the first lap.

The guy ahead of me kind of looked like John Lovitz.