Our great little city was a having a "WinterFest" and I read on Friday night that they were doing a 5k run on Saturday morning. I haven't been running for the past week, but I was really interested in challenging myself to see if I could do it. I've only ever run two miles straight without stopping....I've never gone further. Remember I'm a brand-new runner!
So last night, I called my mom to see if she'd like to join me, with a LOT of hesitation, she finally agreed to do it. My Mom's a true runner, she's been running for 5-6 years, but in November she injured her foot, and hasn't been running SINCE!!! She's been to the doctor, bought new, good running shoes, with a custom orthotic for it, and she was actually planning on going on Saturday morning for a run around the neighborhood. She was really nervous, and didn't know how much she'd actually get to run. As for myself, I knew that I could do two miles, so I was curious to see if I could go all the way to the end!
Once we started running.....it was AWESOME!!! Even in the rain!!! Mom and I got chatting and really enjoyed it! The time went by fast, even though we ran slow, but neither of us felt any pain (sometimes my knee bothers me), SO...we were able to make it ALL THE WAY to the finish line WITHOUT having to walk!!!!!
The greatest feeling in the world is setting a goal for yourself, and then ACTUALLY achieving it!!! It doesn't matter that we were at the end of the pack, it doesn't matter that it took us 42 min, it mattered that we CROSSED THAT FINISH LINE!!!!
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