My saga continues...

During this 10 week training I got to run in my first 5K. When I say run, I mean run. I started and finished at a running pace. For my first one I was happy with my time of 37 minutes. I remember years ago, I was in the middle of the couch to 5K and I was not up to running the full 3 miles yet. My mom bless her heart because she did not mean anything mean about it. Said "You did not run the whole race." Years later now I realize that had a big impact on me. After that race I stopped running because I thought I would never be able to run for 3 miles.

Here I am before my first race. 

Here I am after with my son Calvin.

I kept on training and I could tell I was getting better with each run. At this point I was not hurting after runs and the foam roller was one of my best friends. I still did not feel like a runner. I joined a great group with a couple of my sorority sister, Moms Run This Town. It was great to be apart of a group of women trying to juggle mommy, work, and me time.

Next, came the High Desert 10K Trail Run...Thanks to MRTT. I got a free entry since I was the only one other than Justine close to this milage. It was a tough race all on dirk, which I had never run on. It was mostly down hill turn around and go back up hill for the last 3 miles. I did not run this one. I would not have been able too. It was a little over the 10K mark because the flags kept getting moved. I ended up going almost 7 miles in 1 Hour and 21 minutes. I just wanted to be under 1:25:00. Did I mention we were in the middle of nowhere, i.e. Pearl, ID.

Me after the race and getting some food!!

A sweet surprise from my husband.