My First 5K

Yesterday I ran my first 5K as part of my training plan for the Disney Half. Got up early in the morning had a small breakfast and got ready to go. I got to the race location about 45 minutes before race time, got signed in and picked up my goody bag. Got lined up and ready to run, at the start I ran for the first couple of minutes and then got into a run walk pattern of about 30 seconds run and 30 seconds of walk. I was towards  the back of the pack where I figured I would be.  I felt good with no pain in my knee.  I took a couple of longer walk breaks when I was getting tired.  I actually ended up almost catching up with a few people, came close but didn't quite pass them.  Ended the 5K with a time of 42:23, not a great time but I was happy since my goal was 45 minutes.  I am scheduled for another 5K in October and want to try and be under 40 minutes which I think is very possible.