Progress Pics - Ran My First 5k & Broke My Foot - Lots of Pics
I DID IT!! I am beyond excited; so I thought I would share. I have always wanted to participate in a mud/obstacle 5k run but was always too heavy and out of shape. One of my main goals post op was to run a race and used it as motivation for exercise.
I finished 3rd in my heat, 2nd in my age group and 51st overall (about 500-600 runners total). I am just over the moon with excitement about my results. I was expecting to come in last place. I also broke my foot in the last obstacle in the race; it was an 80 foot mud slide into a water/mud pit and a big rock (2 foot across) was at the bottom. The rock attacked my foot and now I have a hairline fracture but I finished running the race up a 100 yard hill with a broken foot...woot woot!! I know you always say pics or it didn’t happen; so here you go!! Thanks for taking the time to celebrate with me and read my thread. I appreciate you!
3 Pesky Pounds to Goal!
Before Pic -
Race Pics
Playing on the beack before the race.
Duct taping my shoes on so I wouldn't lose them in the mud.
Watching the first two heats cross the finish line and getting super nervous.
Little did I know that I would break my foot in the pit behind me.
After the race, already washed off.
I finished 3rd in my heat, 2nd in my age group and 51st overall (about 500-600 runners total). I am just over the moon with excitement about my results. I was expecting to come in last place. I also broke my foot in the last obstacle in the race; it was an 80 foot mud slide into a water/mud pit and a big rock (2 foot across) was at the bottom. The rock attacked my foot and now I have a hairline fracture but I finished running the race up a 100 yard hill with a broken foot...woot woot!! I know you always say pics or it didn’t happen; so here you go!! Thanks for taking the time to celebrate with me and read my thread. I appreciate you!
3 Pesky Pounds to Goal!
Before Pic -
Race Pics
Playing on the beack before the race.
Duct taping my shoes on so I wouldn't lose them in the mud.
Watching the first two heats cross the finish line and getting super nervous.
Little did I know that I would break my foot in the pit behind me.
After the race, already washed off.
(VSG - 10/20/2011)
HT: 5'9
Age: 28
Congrats!!!!! 
I cant figure it out.....
Terrific job! What an accomplishment. 
“Not many of us are living at our best. We linger in the lowlands because we are afraid to climb the mountains. The steepness and ruggedness dismay us, and so we stay in the misty valleys and do not learn the mystery of the hills. We do not know what we lose in our self indulgence. What glory awaits us if only we had the courage for the mountain climb. What blessing we should find if only we would move to the uplands of God.? JRM
Thanks, good luck on your surgery. Which race in Oct? I am in tx too. My next race is in Sept. in Denison, it is www.mudrush.org.
(VSG - 10/20/2011)
HT: 5'9
Age: 28
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