our neighborhood's 2nd annual 5k run was held this morning at 7:30. it was sooo cold! where is our warm memorial day weather? not here!
i love this guy, but what a mess! i don't even try to fight it anymore, you wear what you want.
deep breath. :)
chris didn't want to run this year, and lexi flat out refused last year, so i didn't even try. so matt and i flew solo this morning. chris headed to his baseball tournament with our neighbor and lexi watched the little girls.
we had planned to run together and our goal was to finish under 30 minutes. then we got going and all were feeling good. on the second hill, i decided to go for it. and then i started passing people. i would see someone ahead of me that i wanted to pass and would tell myself that as soon as i passed them i could just run normal. i totally let my competitive side come out and it was fun! i got a little ahead of matt and just went for it. i felt like i was going to die, but i kicked it seriously in gear the last 2 blocks. then i heard footsteps behind me and kicked it up another notch. i couldn't have someone passing me that close to the finish line! but he did, a teenager that i had passed a few minutes ago. then his buddy started to pass me, so i kicked it up again. i got a little ahead of him, and then we were running in sync. we looked at each other, smiled, and then he took off. my short chubby legs were going as fast as they could, but i just couldn't keep up. turns out i'm not that fast.
BUT...
i finished in 26:30!!!
i beat my goal by 3 and a half minutes!
i was so surprised and happy and also wanting to throw up!
matt finished in 27:30, super awesome since he never runs! it was so cold that we passed on the kids fun run for this year. there's always next year.
and a cute blast from the past:
lexi's best friend from 2nd grade posted this on fb. wasn't he the cutest!
my baby boy!
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