You get what you train for...

Video highlights from my first 5K run today. If one person can learn something from my mistakes...well, then...it was all worth it.

Comments

[Kristin Baker]

I didn't see any snickers bars or kitkats in the video, and you teased me about being disciplined! : ) Seriously, loved the video, especially the long shot on the cow. Thanks for the one night stand and if you need a jogging partner, looks like we run about the same pace, so call me. : )

[jordan fowler]

38min??? You finished butC'mon girl we got to work that thing down 15:24 qualifying for London 2012 (I think we are too late for Beijing). Okay, i have a complete training program that will get you there...sure it involves running over shards of glass while i berate you, but it should be fun.

[Sam]

Kem,

First let me say I couldn't, wouldn't run a 5K that being said the 10 year old that passed you at mile 1 was priceless.

Very good video sort of blair witch mets Prefontaine.

Keep up the good work. Love your blog.

[Sam]

Kem,

First let me say I couldn't, wouldn't run a 5K that being said the 10 year old that passed you at mile 1 was priceless.

Very good video sort of blair witch mets Prefontaine.

Keep up the good work. Love your blog.

[Kelly]

You got up at 6am when you didn't have to, so you're a winner in my book. But cucumbers for lunch + motion sickness + shaky video footage = me on the couch now

[Abby]

Kem,
Thank you! I needed that uplift this morning.. I don't care how many of those stinkin' kids passed you, you are a still a champ to us... You need a special shirt to commemorate your sports injury... something like, "I ran my first 5K and all I got was a blister".. I don't think that's stealing is it?

[Rusty]

This was so freaking funny! So many funny moments when you couldn't throw the cup away when there were hundreds on the ground. Classic!

This made my day.

[dawn lovitt]

The video is no longer available! I was so looking forward to sharing your experience!

[KJM]

Oh My Gosh! You did great! Congrats!!

[Frank Chiapperino]

My favorite line in the video, "Oh Yeah, I ran 5k, I gotta blister." I think you are officially tough now!

[Lindsay Wasik]

I loved the video! A few times it reminded me of Blair Witch...and that totally cracked me up.

The only thing missing was saying a great big "WELL WHOOPADEE DOOO!!!" at someone like last year. Hahaha :)

I want to start training for next year. Maybe I can run with ya....and of course, I promise I'll go the the bathroom BEFORE the race :)

[Rick Phillips]

YAY! KEM! Great job, you Rock.

[Judy Gregory]

Kem Meyer you crack me up all the way in Atlanta, GA

[Jeremy Scheller]

nice job.
the video expose was worth the run...

[Jami Ruth]

sooo cool....good job. ;)

[mark scott]

kem,
great job! my wife wished she would have joined you -she might have convinced you to take that short cut!
she would have been a good potty buddy as well - next time!

[ebuford]

Awesome! Sorry you had to run alone. I'm really proud of you for setting this example!

[Edgar Cabello]

They give away popsicles?

[Bryan Sheppard]

Congrats on finishing. I ran a marathon about 5 years ago and the hardest part was getting passed by a 70 year old woman at mile 18 as I am about to die. My cheering section said "don't worry about it, she has run about 50 marathons". In my head I said "She's done 50 and I can't even do 1" and then I yelled at my friends "you are not helping!!" But I went on to finish. It was an awesome thing to finish. What I learned was that it didn't matter who finished before or after me, it was that I achieved my goal of finishing.

You finished and did it without training. Great Job!! Now next year you can TRAIN and run the Indy half marathon... :-)

[Patrick Sievert]

All I could think to myself while I watched that was, "Kem Meyer is awesome..."

[neil]

I ran a 5k one time with zero training.
I found it hard to pace myself with all those people passing me...so I gunned it at the beginning, puked in the middle and tried to beat the old lady at the end.

She beat me... and I didn't even get a popsicle.

[Jim Henry]

Top 5 things I learned from Kem’s 5K:

1. When my daughter is a teenager…don’t expect her to show up for anything.

2. Always go potty before I run a 5k.

3. Cows evidentially stand on 2 legs in Indiana.

4. Kem has an eclectic taste in music (The Killers and Manfred Man) - Love it!

5. Kem can run farther than me!

Great job Kem!!!

[Terrace Crawford]

Good job, Kem. I would have been behind you - no doubt. I like the liner -'you get what you train for'. Pretty cool quote. Thanks for sharing.

[Susan]

Very cool! When Greg and I finished the 5k walk today, he told me to start training...we're running the 5k next year!