Slow "K"

So I ran/walked my first 5K Saturday. I've been planning on participating for a couple of months now, but that doesn't mean I "planned" or prepared like I should have.

I've been walking with Christi for a couple of weeks now, and I only ran two little spurts during that time. I had pretty much just resigned myself to walking the 5K. The night before I got to sleep at 2 a.m. and then woke myself up every hour for fear of over sleeping. Needless to say, I was exhausted, and so was Russ. So when I told Russ (on the way to the 5K) that I was going to run as much as I could, he was NOT happy. "I'm not running, I'm too tired". "But Russ, you have to stay by my side to keep me going!" "I'm not running." That's probably what we're discussing in the pic below.

Well, my sweet hubby ran with me! He was so great! Especially since it's REALLY hard for him to "trot". When he runs he either sprints or walks. Plus, his stride is larger than mine, so really my jog is about the same as a brisk walk for him. But he trotted beside me and kept me going. What a guy. The only time I complained was when we were at the end and he was walking beside me as I ran. "Could you please at least look like your running, you're making me look bad!" Not that he could make me look worse than I made myself look in this pic. At least I had a smile on my face, right? Thanks Kim for the pics I stole off of your website! Can you tell that Russ was so done!

Anyway, I finished my first 5K and actually ran (trotted) about half of it. That was a pretty big deal for me! I used to think I wanted to run a marathon one day, but I'm pretty sore after the 5K! At least for now I think I'll stick to "short" races. Even though my time of 55 minutes and some seconds isn't the greatest in the world, it's a starting place. Heres to beating my time in the future! (it shouldn't be too difficult, LOL!)Here's the runners from our ward. Amy, Carrie, and Kat walked up shortly after the pic was taken. Sorry we left you out girls! Nice pose Adhis! Aidan ran his first 5K too! He finished ten minutes before Russ and I and came in 4th for his age group. He was so excited to do so well in a race! We're proud of him too! I'm proud of our family! I was thinking that this would be a great tradition as a family, and maybe next time I'll keep up with Aidan, and in a few years the whole family will be out there together! (Just don't tell my legs!)