My 2nd 5K and first with my kiddo!

Sep 19, 2009

I had signed up for this 5K that was here in my small town just for fun and had planned to just walk it with my daughter in the stroller. My sister Kristy and her kids came out to walk with me and also an old friend who I actually have not seen in person in over 10 years but we went to school together and have kept in touch on facebook and stuff. And also my running buddy Dave and his friend Tom. It was really cool to have so many people come out to join me for this 5K. So yeah this was suppose to just be an easy walk 5K I did want to do it in under 50 min though just walking...that was the plan.  Dave, Tom and my nephew take off and say we'll see you at the finish line. Me my sister and friend have strollers and are just walking and talking. Well about a half mile into it me and my sister are like ah man we should speed up cause we know we can. 1.5 miles into it I'm like we need to finish this in 45 mins and we start jogging here and there lol I guess I just knew I could do it and figured why not I've got a jog stroller and my daughter was actually being really good just reading her book. Well we finished the race in just 44 mins! I am very proud of that time considering I ran the one last weekend in 43 and was trying from the very start and today I started off just walking and didn't really get into the race part of it till half way threw it. Running with the stroller is defiantly different and somewhat harder just because I tend to worry what she is doing and if she is going to drop a toy or something. But I proved to myself today it can be done! This is kind of a relief too because I would like to do more 5K races just to not only hold me to it but to see more of my improvements on time. And now I can worry less about getting a sitter for her for every race and let her tag along. They seem to usually have fun stuff for the kids anyways! 

Also this week it was like something finally clicked and my workouts were just a little easier and I didn't feel as drained afterward. I hope I'm to the point where I feel great and energized after workouts rather than needing a nap after! My scale still hasn't moved (not counting the up 3 and down 3) and I don't feel like my clothes are much looser but just finally starting to feel better is worth it for now. I do have my 3rd fill apt this coming tues so I'm looking forward to that big time! 

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