Well, for any of you who know me, I am NOT a runner. Never have been, for various reasons including asthma, no arches in my feet, damaged heels, no tolerance for heat. etc. I was always a swimmer! Several months before we got married Ryan and I started a rigorous workout routine and started spending time on the treadmill. He quickly started to enjoy running and made a goal to run the Springtime Tallahassee 10K on March 29, which he completed a couple weeks ago! 6.2 miles seemed like an eternity to me, but when we talked about a 5K that seemed a little less daunting, even for someone who hated running as much as I do. But I figured it would be months before another organized run would be going on – I was so wrong! These things seem to happen every weekend! So with a weeks notice I agreed to do the Palace Saloon’s 5K, which took place yesterday morning. I didn’t even know what my legs were capable of since I’d never attempted to run that far in my life! We started off slow and despite wanting to stop before the first 1/4 mile was done we kept going to about 3/4 of a mile. 🙂 I was disappointed, I had hoped the adrenaline of all those people would make me want to go further. But Ryan stayed with me and after a couple minutes to catch my breath he’d encourage me to start running a little bit – he’d pick out a spot up ahead for me to reach and I couldn’t stop until we got there. It felt good once we passed the one miler marker, the second one felt even better but my ankles were killing me! All I could think of were friends that had competed in the Ironman competetion and that I was such a wimp! Eventually we could see the Saloon and finished strong on the downhill stretch. Such a dramatic story for a little 3 mile run, but for me this was a HUGE accomplishment! We finished in just under 44 minutes – although Ryan could have finished a lot sooner he stuck with me so I wouldn’t quit. We had a few victory beers and a crawfish Po’boy to celebrate, and then went home for a well deserved nap. I doubt this will be my last race, but hopefully it will start to get easier!
Haha look at how red my face is!
It was a pleasure to be there by your side at every step. I feel this is a start of a trend. I love you very much!
Way to go girl! Let me know when you want to run again so I can join ya! Infact, if you’d be up for the Minnie Marathon on May 4th …. I’ll be running a 10K.
I am oh so very proud of you sissy! Congratulations! Let’s run something or swim something while you’re here in Hawaii!
Congrats! I’m so happy for you! This was a big deal, and I understand as a fellow swimmer! Good luck for the future ones!
wow! awesome job! 🙂
H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S! I ran my first 5k on Turkey Day last year . . . . let’s just say I haven’t run since! Congrats =)
Congrats!!!! The first race is always an “experience”!!
awesome!i would never run that far!
I’m PROUD of you. Way to Go ! Isn’t it amazing what we can do if given the right encouragement, and a running mate? jW
How inspiring! you rock… I have been trying to get into running and I can proudly say that now I can run 1.5 without stoping at all BUT no further than that! I am trying to hard to make myself a runner because it burns so many calories in a small amount of time that walking really cant do, plus it will shape my legs but dang its sooo hard!!!!