April 25, 2014

Today I participated in my first 5K!  We got a treadmill at the beginning of this year and I had the goal of running a 5K.  I definitely didn't run the whole thing, but I did finish.  And I could have totally pushed myself harder.  But running by myself and never having done it before, I wasn't sure how to pace myself.  Hilary and Jason were supposed to come down and run too, but Hilary's health prevented them from doing it with us.  I missed having someone there to wait around for the race to start, but the actual running was okay to do by myself because I only had to worry about my own body and how I was feeling.  But now I'm ready to run with you, Hilary.  If only we can find another evening run!  It was awesome to not run in the sun!!!

I had to find Steve to take a pre-race photo.  We weren't starting together because he was running a lot faster than me!  I don't love this photo, but Steve posted it on Facebook and it got tons of "likes" so I'm including it here.  :-)

 Here I go!

 All done!

My parents brought the kids to watch us along the route and I met up with them at the finish in Memorial Stadium.