Just a brief updated: I survived my 5K this morning and did not finish last either overall or in my age group (hurray).
Next year I’m aiming to improve my time some as I move into a different age group and based on this year’s times I would have placed 3rd in that group. So now I’ve got a little more motivation and a realistic goal. The overall winner came in at about 15 minutes – and I know that’s not going to happen (he ran about a 5 minute mile).
Onward!