The first thing my dad said after I called him and told him I finished the 5 Mile race, he said, "what does your face look like?" Meaning, is my face red, and of course, we all laughed. Sorta an inside joke with my family. I get so red in the face after running -- always have.
Anyway, when I woke up Saturday morning to get ready for the race, I was just not mentally ready. I have been training since January for a triathlon sprint in July and so Meredith had said that we should enter as many races as we could to prepare. Well, these past two weeks have been rough, with no working out at all and being sick, I was scared to run this 5 mile race.
God couldn't have provided a better morning for the race. The weather was perfect and the scene was beautiful at White Rock Lake. As the gun went off to start the race, I just did what I always have done, kept at my own pace and just talked to God. Everyone was going by so fast! I just kept saying to myself, slow and steady wins the race! Sure enough, I was keeping at the same pace around mile 3 and I was so proud! I did walk after that for about another mile or so, but tried to walk as fast as I could.
As I came upon the finish line, Meredith and Steve were there to cheer me on and run along side with me and then Elle and Emme came and ran with me for the last 100 yards.
No, I am talking about a marathon; but this 5 miles was a goal that was great to complete.
I finished in 1 hour and 4 minutes. I was 314th out of 355 -- so i wasn't last!! Yeah!
Again, I am not a runner at heart and only was able to finish because of the strength God gave me. I am actually excited to run in another race; I think the more times you do it, the more confidence you get.
They had a 1K for the kids, the girls had a lot of fun!
