1st 5K

Before the race

Emily, Greg, Ali, Bradey

Ryan, Greg, and Bradey

Greg at the finish line

I made it

1 1/2 months ago, I started running for the 1st time in my life.  I have always hated to run.  Since then, I have run about 3 times a week.  I am not a very fast runner and I get side aches almost every time I run.  My goal was to run in a 5k race on the 4th of July, but I got talked into running on Saturday in a race.  I was really nervous because I had only ran the full 3 miles a few times and my time wasn't that great.  

This was such a great experience.  I loved every second of it.  My friend Ali and I ran together.  It made it so nice to have someone to run with.  We ran the same pace and is was great to have someone to push me along.  Thanks Ali.  I ended up running in 33 minutes, which was 5 1/2 minutes faster than I have ever done it before.  I was really happy with the results.  I hope to run on the 4th and knock a couple more minutes off of my time.  We will see.

Greg also decided to run at the last minute.  He had not been running, but I think he wanted to support me and many people told him he couldn't do it.  When Greg gets challenged, he doesn't back down.  Greg did so awesome.  He ran in 26 minutes and hadn't run more than 2 times before this.  

Our friends Ryan and Bradey also ran with us.  It made for such a fun day.  It is always great to have mutual support.

My Mom and sister also came up for the race.  Thanks Mom for all the support and being at the finish line for us. 

Till next time...