<human>: Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?

(A little background on how much running I've done: I started a c25k program last April but haven't completed it yet... Prior to this, I never ran. Avoided running like the plague, got out of running laps in JROTC by sucking up to the Sergeant. The most running I did in college was from playing ultimate Frisbee. But that was a lot of burst movement/sprinting, nothing that made me run long distances.)

My friends from work persuaded me to sign up for a 3.5mi race coming up this September. And they decided that we'd train together once a week. I was nervous about our run today. Terrified, in fact, because I didn't know what would happen if I couldn't keep up. They didn't tell me how far we were running or how long (mainly because there was no plan other than to run lol). 

When we started, I pushed myself to keep up. My speed was close to theirs and surprisingly faster than I had ever ran before (1st mile at 9:39min/mi). But as the distance increased, my speed decreased (slowest at 13:21min/mi). Next thing I knew, I was lagging so much behind. But because I didn't want to look like a loser, I forced myself to keep on running regardless of how tired I was. There were times where I had cramps on my side and needed to walk but I manned up and pressed on.

In the end, I completed 4.15mi in 46min and 16sec with an average pace of 11:09min/mi. Both my friends were really nice and were like, good job on finishing strong.
<bot>: I ran with other people for the first time and it was not bad. I did better than my previous PR when I ran on my own. I'm looking forward to my next run with them. :)