{"id":156,"date":"2009-05-25T22:57:14","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T06:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rustinmichael.com\/blog\/?p=156"},"modified":"2013-04-16T09:20:06","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T17:20:06","slug":"29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rustinmichael.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/25\/29\/","title":{"rendered":"29:??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you remember a few months ago I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rustinmichael.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/12\/goal-2-get-moving\/\">posted<\/a> about my goal to get moving again this year. Earlier today I completed my first 5k in conjunction with the LA Marathon. I owe it all to my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solacearts.com\">Kolby from Solace Arts.<\/a> He is the one that first brought up the idea of doing a half-marathon in October and also setting small goals such as the 5k we ran today. I am happy to say I was able to run the whole 5K without stopping and I did it my goal of under 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The question remains, how much under 30 minutes was I? My official time according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/results.active.com\/pages\/oneResult.jsp?pID=58737575&amp;rsID=78609 \">race results<\/a> is 29:47. It took me several seconds to get through the start gate when the race started due to all participants. I started my watch when I ran through the gate and ended at 29:30 according to my timer. I also have a picture of me running less than 10 feet from the finish line with the official clock at 29:36. I know I didn&#8217;t set any world or even local records today but I set one for myself. Hopefully I can beat my time the next time I run a 5k. I guess I need to do the next one in under 29 minutes just to be sure I beat my time from today.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are some pictures taken by Kolby&#8217;s wife, Emily, and my wife, Victoria.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rustinmichael.com\/blog_photos\/2009\/0525\/rustin_race-0002.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Victoria and I just before the race<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rustinmichael.com\/blog_photos\/2009\/0525\/rustin_race-0004.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trying to get through the crowd at the start. Can you spot me?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rustinmichael.com\/blog_photos\/2009\/0525\/rustin_race-0006.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finishing up strong!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rustinmichael.com\/blog_photos\/2009\/0525\/IMG_1001.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gideon just wanted to play with my medal.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rustinmichael.com\/blog_photos\/2009\/0525\/IMG_1004.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After finishing up I haded back out on the course to use the line of porta-potties I saw about a half a mile into the race, and to find Kolby. I had to go to the bathroom before the race but never saw any bathrooms until I was on the course. I didn&#8217;t want to stop for a bathroom break in the middle of a race, although I saw some people that did. After using the restroom and meeting up with Kolby I completed the last part of the race with him. Here we are coming around the turn to the finish line.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rustinmichael.com\/blog_photos\/2009\/0525\/rustin_race-0010.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pp-fb-like-btn-wrap\">\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.rustinmichael.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/25\/29\/\" data-share=\"true\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-width=\"450\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-action=\"like\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you remember a few months ago I posted about my goal to get moving again this year. Earlier today I completed my first 5k in conjunction with the LA Marathon. I owe it all to my friend Kolby from Solace Arts. 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