First 5K Baby!

I decided about a month ago to run a 5K. My niece was going to run it and my sister in law was going to walk it. I probably didn't give myself quite enough time to train for it, but I've been working out pretty consistently for the last several months so I was in decent shape. I started running at the Y and have just been trying to ramp it up as the race got closer. I've been so stinking nervous about it that I haven't slept well the last two nights. I really wanted to run the whole thing and I think I just put too much pressure on myself. Once I got there I was fine, but I was nervous about getting there, parking, being in the right place, etc. It was definitely chilly while we were waiting, but once we got going it was fine. I ran with Holly for the first mile. I stopped at the water station at the 1 mile marker to get some water and ended up with a cup of beer. Now I like me some beer, but didn't want it while running, so I shoved that back at them and missed my chance to get my water. I kept Holly in my sights for a while after that, but lost her after going up a big hill. I think if I'd stayed with her longer that I would have done better, but I'm still proud of myself. My official time was 33 minutes 5 seconds. Not bad for a first 5K, if I do say so myself.
Before the race:



My lovely running shoes with my timing device from the race: