Red, White & Moo 5K

Saturday morning, when most sane people are asleep, I was up, eating breakfast and drinking a liter of water to go RUN....exactly 5 months to the day after having Mal. I'm not what you would call a "morning person" so the fact that I was up and even functioning was amazing.

But, I did it!!! I ran my first 5K!! (insert happy dance!) I stopped 2 different times for a grand total of like a minute (yes, I looked at my watch) and thought, "This is insanity. If I stop I won't keep running! So RUN!" So I did. Although I'm sure it was more of a "wog" (a cross between a walk and a jog) because it sure wasn't a full on run like J did!! (by the way, he wanted to finish his run in 27 minutes or less...he did it in 25!!!!)

Regardless, I did it. My time was my own personal best (that's not saying much trust me!) but most importantly I FINISHED!!! I am SO excited and seriously am considering the Dallas or Ft. Worth Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. I want to beat my time. Insane right??

Thanks to my father-in-law, who didn't want me to run by myself, so he signed up and ran with me. Big props to the most amazing hubby who finished his run and then came to find me so he could run me to the finish. I was never more THRILLED to see his sweaty face than when I turned the corner to head UP the hill (yes, one of the times I stopped!) Oh and lest I forget my mother-in-law who came to watch the kids so we could do this...THANK YOU!!

Here we are in all of our post run glory with our sunshine yellow milk run shirts. You'd think with a run called "Red, White & Moo" you could at least do a red or white shirt, but yellow? Oh well, I'm not on the committee.