This was a good weekend… I had a great weigh in and hit the 105lb loss mark and I ran in my frist 10k! On Saturday morning I woke up at 6:30am, took a shower and headed downtown. It was only about 35 degrees out but no rain! (It rained ALL week) Laura and I got our numbers and then did a couple minutes of some warm up running before the race got started. We started out together in the middle of the pact and stayed together for about the first 2 miles. Laura took off and I stayed in my own zone. I pushed myself and yet felt comfortabled the whole race. I just love the atmosphere of a running event. Everyone is so supportive the entire time! We both finished the race confidently and happy with our times. Laura finished in 63 minutes and I came in at 70:30.
Last year on this same weekend, Patti and I walked in the Step Out: To Fight Diabetes walk. At the time, I was thinking about starting to run and that it might be fun to get into racing. We saw the 5/10k-ers going over the bridge with us and no one looked like they were having any fun. I thought, “Maybe I won’t get into that”. Now I run 5 and 10k’s and LOVE IT!
