Yesterday, was a day of many mixed emotions. Woke up to a beautiful sunrise, which quickly turned into a freezing cold day of steady rain, and THAT was just the beginning...
Let's start with talking about the Lane Walker 5K fun run/walk
I have a couple of friends who are very involved with this organization, Sheri, Jamie, Aly! So last year when Sheri told me about the run/walk I signed up and walked it. {I'm not sure what my time was, but it was a train wreck} The cool thing is, this has become an annual event and I will be signing up every year. It's a fundraiser, and a good cause. Being a fundraising event I think they did a really good job. They had awesome prizes for the winners, and door prizes. Because it's a charity event I will continue running it every year, and promoting it to who ever I can. It's kind of cool to think that I will always be able to see my personal improvement from year to year, at this event. I think it went really well this year, especially considering the weather!!! If you are looking for an event to join, consider this one!!!
One thing I've decided for sure is that I will NOT be pre-registering for anymore events, every time I do the weather sucks!!! Well EXCEPT for the Lane Walker event, even if I had decided not to walk becuz of the weather, I'm glad to support this event.
On to the personal side of things...
I can't say I did great, I can't even say I enjoyed the run, I did not!! It was cold, my joints hurt, my muscles hurt, I was soaking wet. BUT, on the flip side there were some really cool things that happened. I managed a Personal Best time of 39:54. {This being a smaller event didn't have the fancy timers that start when YOU personally cross the start line and then stop when YOU personally cross the finish line, so the clock starts when the group leaves. Becuz my daughter and her friend were a bit late getting there, I was still inside the building and behind ALL the walkers when the event started, so I am not sure this time is completely accurate. ~Not that this is a big deal it's NOT I'm just saying I think my time was a bit better than that.}
Not only is this a personal best for me, but I RAN the entire event!!
In May I did the Highland Festival 5K, and my time was 49:07 so that's a HUGE improvement!!!
BUT the best part of all of this was the huge outpouring of support I got from friends and family members!!
I got some really touching and thoughtful comments via facebook. And I even had the Shake of the Day chosen in my honor {Chocolate Overload~of course!} at Right Way Nutrition!! They had 15 people come out and run, that's sooo cool!!
Then when I got to the end of the race, what do I see, but my kids standing there at the finish waiting for me. Tallon of course giving me the get moving wave!!! And I was moving slow at the end. Ryan had to be gone Saturday, but called within about 10 minutes of me finishing the race. He was there in spirit, at about 2 miles he started singing to me!!!LOL!!!
Later we headed off to a family wedding reception, where several people asked how it went and I got several compliments on how much weight I've lost. While I know I have a long way to go and a lot of hard work to do, it's nice to have people tell you that you look good.
~I would like to take a second to say thank you to all of those people who supported me during this whole crazy year!! Thank you for believing that I could do this. even when I didn't. Thanks for all the words of encouragement and thank you for showing up to read this blog and about my crazy journey!! You all have NO IDEA how much your support has meant to me and how much it helps me to continue when I feel like quitting!!
After the run I was considering NEVER getting on a tread mill again, but this morning I woke up and decided that I will continue on!!! I may even consider upping the bar a bit. Maybe next year by this time a 10K, or a half marathon... we will see!!
I should also take a second to congratulate both my kids on their excellent runs. Maddy finished 5th, her friend Taylor finished 6th, and Tallon finished 1st{he won the race last year also}. I'm proud of all of them, but at this particular moment I think I'm most proud of Tallon. Tallon has worked really hard and put a lot of miles on, and changed his whole diet. In the past 3yrs he has lost 62lbs and looks great. He works really hard in the gym!!! Next week Maddy and Taylor are running their first Half Marathon, so good luck to them!!
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