Nancy5012 you are welcome. Enjoy the run, enjoy the improvement-but remember to take it slow to avoid burnout. That was the hardest part for me, I am a go getter but in running it is easy to start out too fast and get hurt or burn out. I took that bit of advice and am enjoying running! You should feel confident-you are DOING something instead of TALKING about doing something.

I had a similar experience at a sporting goods store when I was buying a pair of shoes. I went right up to the clerk and said "I want to see a pair of Saucony Cohesions in size 8.5 please." The clerk looked at me and said "you must be a runner." That was my first ever real running shoe purchase and yes I did my research before buying my shoes. But to hear someone else say I am a runner made me feel good.

EMTTrix said is right when she said a 7 minute mile or a 14 minute mile, is still a mile: run it. yeah we got this.

Nancy

Be proud of yourself. I did a 10k this past sunday and my pace was a 15 min per mile pace. I didn't care, I finished and I was so proud that I finished. But what I was most secretly proud of was the fact that I was not last this year. Last year I was. After I crossed the finish line I went back for this particular girl because I was her last year. She had an incident at the beginning of the 10k where she passed out (she admitted she hadn't properly hydrated and it was very humid) but she got back up and finished. I crossed the finish line with her. I felt even more proud then because even though she had a setback at the start she at least completed it. I would have probably given up. But she didn't.  Eventually I will work on my speed and distance. Take care

Kerry