Off to the races

So now it's mid-june I am scheduled to run my very first 5k ever, I am nervous and yet very excited. My trainer had told me I was going to do fine and that I was ready, but she failed to warn me about my jitters and muscle twitching LOL.
So came Saturday 11th of June, I woke up feeling upbeat and dead nervous,. it was about 7am when I drove to the Hyatt Regency hotel's parking lot, near the site where the race supposed to take place. Apparently I arrived a bit too early as there were only few runners and the race staff were still putting things together. So I walked to the registration tent and mentioned who I was and they pulled out an envelope with my bib# and my t-shirt. Not knowing what I had to do I asked if we were supposed to wear the t-shirt and the lady behind the table smiled and said " this must be your first race!" I remember looking at her with the same smile and said "YES!!!". Well she was nice enough to introduce me to the staff and the race director.
After waiting for a while I noticed how crowded the place was getting. By 8:30am there were at least 700 runners and that's when I heard the director over the loudspeaker to get in position....
As I placed myself in the middle of the crowded the girl next to me looked at me, said hi and introduced herself as Amy Camuso; Half marathoner. I told her it was my very first 5k and she laughed and told me not to worry, not to run fast and just enjoy it at whatever pace I decided to run at. So we sang our National Anthem with pride and joy, runners began to loosen up and then the magic moment came....the gun went off and I was off to the races, Amy and I started together and kept running together for about half of the first mile or so that's when something unbelievable happened, my instincts took over and I began to pick up my pace to the point I lost sight of Amy. As I was approaching the last 200 meters of the race I kept saying to myself "I made it, I made it, I did it, I'm about to finish my very first road race!" I can see a lot of people cheering as I was approaching the finish line, but I couldn't hear anything since I was concentrating on not to fall and make a fool out of myself.
So I crossed the finish line with a smile and a exhausted body. My medal was placed around my neck and congratulatory words were said even though I could not hear anything as my mind kept saying the same thing over and over again "I did it, I did it". So after walking for less than 2 minutes and grabbing a couple of water bottles I saw Amy crossed the line and we got together by the finish line walked for a little bit and talked about my experience of running. Ever since then Amy and I have become friends, we still e-mail each other but we haven't had the chance to run together again.
Thank you Amy for your encouragement and words of wisdom.
Right after the race I headed to the gym still wearing my bib#162 and I showed the gym trainer my very first medal, she was so happy for me and so proud for the accomplishment. Then she said "Now you are a runner, go and find your path that will someday lead you to become a marathoner".....