My First 5K

Oh, my gosh, that was so cool. I did it! It was a miserable morning, cold, rainy. I was very cranky before the race, but still very excited. At one point, it started pouring so hard before the race and I was already getting wet. I turned to hubbie and said, you know, I don't even know if I want to do this now, maybe I should just go home. He said to me, wait a minute, you think this is going to be hard? How hard can it be? How much weight have you lost? That was hard. This will be a piece of cake.

Well, about 10 minutes later, the race started and I was off. Once I got moving, I was okay, except that sweatshirt I threw on at the last minute got heavier and heavier from the rain the further I went. I passed a few people along the way, which made me feel great.

The result...I shaved about 4 minutes off my total run time for that distance...and I got the bronze metal for women in my age group. Now, granted, I don't know how many women were in my age group, but that doesn't matter to me. I DID IT!

So for those of you out there second guessing yourselves, not trying something new for fear you can't do it, JUST DO IT! You can do so more than you think you can!