You may have wondered where I have been for the past eight months. Well, I have been vegetating, sort of. Except in January (six months ago) I started back on the treadmill. Yup. Inside running in the winter counts as moving....it's just not as exciting as outside. So I did that for about 4 months and then decided to get outside and see if I still had it. You will NEVER know how good that felt (unless you are like me). It was wonderful.
Then I connected with a former 5th grade student (Kari) and she wanted to get moving. We started walking and running, and walking, and probably doing more walking than running. Eventually we got up to running 3 miles.
Then another friend of my own kids from HS asked if she could join in. Jennifer had a goal set to run a 5k in June. We thought we could do it.
Fast forward to TODAY
June 14, 2014 at the Adam Carter Memorial 5k run.
- Imagine how invigorating it feels to have run your first ever 5k. That's how Jennifer felt. (Kari had some health issues so she couldn't run with us.)
- Imagine how invigorating it feels to have run you first 5k in a year. That's how I felt.
- Imaging how invigorating it feels to have run your first ever 5k. That's how Jennifer's son, Brett felt. (Yes he did beat us, but remember, he is younger!
- Our time wasn't the greatest, but WE DID IT. We were up and moving and WE DID IT. And did I mention the huge hills in Fairview Park? They could have been discouraging, but I have found that a partnership brings mutual encouragement. We stuck together and finished together. That's why the title of this post is "We crossed the finish line together."
