Wednesday, October 13, 2010

6k

In August I got an ad in the mail about a 10k/6k at Thanksgiving point. So I talked to my friend Charity about it and we decided that we would start training. We started waking up at 6:00 and running.
Honestly we only had 6 weeks. Last summer when I started training for my 5k I did a 9 week program we only had 6 weeks and 6k is farther than 5k. I was nervous that we weren't going to be ready.
On Saturday Oct. 9th was the big day! We headed over to Thanksgiving point and with over 1900 women we ran the race. I am glad to say that I ran the whole thing. I was slow.... But I did it. I just keep telling myself my goal was never to be the fastest just to complete it. And I did. I love it. It is a good feeling to set a goal and then to complete it. Brian brought the girls over, and because it was an all woman race there were a lot of husbands and kids at the finish line. They even had bouncy houses to entertain the kids while the mom's were running. It was a lot of fun. I am glad that I did it!


Me and the girls after the race!


Annika on one of the bouncy houses.

Thank you, Brian for watching the girls in the morning so I can go!

5 comments:

allison said...

I am so proud of you! You look REALLY good in that pic, especially after just running a race!

The Brown's said...

you girls ROCK!!! Way to go:)

Shawna said...

Wow! Seriously impressed and jealous! Hope things are going well for you!

Ashley said...

Congrats~that's an awesome accomplishment!

Adam and Aubrey said...

You rock. I wish I could get back into running. I suck. You seriously are amazing!

ps, I had a dream about your family the other day. More specifically: your dad. It was super sad. That's all I'll say.