Signed up for my first race! 10K

Ok, I am 32 years old and have never been a runner. Never ran a day in my life. Hiking yes, running no. Even in middle school and high school I played basketball, but some how I always got around the running drills. I didn't last very long in high school playing basketball.

I am very surprised to say last Sat I ran two miles on the treadmill. Without stopping. Now, I want to to make it known I wasn't walking by the treadmill thinking to myself, "Self, jump n this treadmill and show it who is boss!"

Uh, no. But wait let me back up to when it all started..

I joined a club at school with fellow teachers...Girls With Goals= GWG. The ladies have all come together and planned to go to Rexburg, Id. June 12th for a race. There are several races,a full marathon, a half, 10k and a 5k. I know myself and I know I would have given up on the running if I signed up for a full or half marathon. Really? So, instead I planned wisely and picked the 10K. 6.2 miles! 6.2 miles. Seems very do-able to me even if I have never run a day in my life. 6.2 miles...sheesh.

So I wiped the dust off of my gym membership card and thought I would head in. The evil treadmill row was desolate. Empty. Not even a single person was in shouting range. Perfect, now is my chance to look like a fool and no one will know. I planned on seeing how long I could run, or how far I could go when a moment of clarity struck me-'you have to crawl before you can walk'. So I chose to head the advice and run for three minutes and walk for three minutes alternating for thirty minutes. Thirty minutes flew by and I was winded. Not defeated but nicely winded. I noticed every time I began to jog my knee would really tweek out and bug me. Not excruciating, but annoying. For the most part..the very first attempt was successful.

Day Two:

Before I headed back to the gym for a hot sweaty date with Mr. Treadmill I had a brillant idea that I should wrap my knee with an Ace bandage for extra support. When I walked into the gym this time I had a smidge more confidence so I decided I would run 5 minutes and walk one. I repeated this four times. I may have gone a mile. When I got home and took off the Ace bandage my ligament behind my knee was killing me! What an idiot I was to wrap that leg, I had no idea what I was doing and I think I may have injured myself.

Day Three: Rest. Wow, this training for a race is great. Work two days then already I have a rest day. I totally got this! While I rest up I am hoping my ligament will stop hurting. It is pretty sore when I stand straight leg. Grumpy.

Day Four:

Back to the gym for a hot sweaty date with Mr. Treadmill. My ligament stopped hurting and I began to realize that I may not be in as bad of shape as I once thought, and that maybe I should start stepping it up a notch. So I ran 10 minutes and walked one. Repeat.

This was a little more challenging, but it felt so good when I was finished. I am really thinking I will like this sport. My leg is doing OK.