Finished my 5K

Well I finally did it!I have been wanting to run a 5K for along time. After Michael was born 3years ago I got really motivated and signed up for one. Did some training, not tons, but decent. Then right before the race I came down with the worst flu ever. I stopped throwing up the day before the race and decided to still do it. I was so weak from being sick that I walked 95% of it. Gave up running after that.

Then a couple months ago I got it in my head again to try. Started some serious training but then I kept going on vacation and totally not doing any running! Earlier this week I was about to back out because I didn't feel ready but I was feeling the start of a cold. Then my friend Andrea called me and said she signed up at the last minute and wanted to do it with me. Ok, now I totally couldn't back out! It would be totally fun to have a friend to do it with, I never pass up girl time!

So I picked Andrea up bright and early and we headed out. By that I mean drove the 5 minutes to the start line, the race was right next to our neighborhood. At this point I was remembering that Andrea is a serious runner so I let her know that she would probably be waiting a while for me at the finish because I was going to be slow with all my walking.

We line up and as soon as they say go, I feel everyone whoosh past me, including my buddy. Man these people run fast! At first I panicked and tried to keep up with them but then I remembered that I wasn't here to get a great time, just to do it and if I ran too fast I would get worn out. So I slowed down to my normal pace and just tuned everyone out. To my great surprise I ran and ran, just kept going! Towards the end I took a couple walk breaks, but only for a few seconds each.  It was really an amazing feeling pushing my body like that and it not giving out. Guess it is stronger than I thought!

I ended up surprising Andrea at the finish line, she wasn't expecting me yet! That was a great feeling also! I finished 55th out of 99 women, not bad. But the best part was feeling so proud of myself of accomplishing something that is very hard for me. I am not a natural runner, it is something I have to work hard at. And having Dave come home and tell me how proud he was of me was also very cool!