Blog 4 5K Fun Run

Last Saturday, I took part in a race together with my friends in West Coast Park. The race is called ICS 5K Fun Run, and is organized by International Community School.  Many people, no matter they are young or old, joined in this activity.  Most of them are Caucasians.  This is really an impressive experience for me.

       We met by the large sheltered area in West Coast Park at around 8:30 in the morning.  Later, we collected our running uniforms (a yellow T-shirt) and changed.  At 9:00am, a coach led us did a quick warm up and introduced some rules.  Then the 5K Run began.  At the beginning, the race didn’t seem very hard and I ran in a normal speed.  Actually, I even passed many people!  However only 10 minutes later, I became tired.  The run seems endless and my energy ran out very fast.  Another 10 minutes passed, I began to feel desperate and slow down my speed, just like walking fast.  When I had finished 2 kilometers, I gave up running and began walking completely.  And I just went running and walking by turns in the last 2K run.  At the time I finished my running, I didn’t want to move even a finger!

       After the race, I realized my lack of exercise.  I think I will do more exercise and run longer next time.