This year we had Thanksgiving at Jason's grandmother's house. And a wonderful time we had! In addition to the niceness of seeing everyone and the yummy food, she put a lot of thought into the place settings and tablecloths, the flowers and just overall presentation. It was nice!
Granny and Nan came to visit us a few weeks ago and I forgot to get a picture of the two of them with the baby, but I'm glad we got one over Thanksgiving. Nan is the kids' Great-great-grandmother and Granny is the Great-grandma.
Two days after Thanksgiving I ran my first 5K Turkey Trot. The week leading up to it, I was cursing that I even signed up for the darn thing to begin with. I thought "What is this insanity that has caused me to pay $30 to wake up early in the morning to run 3 miles in the cold?" I guess I thought it would be motivation for me to finish the Couch to 5K program. So anyways, I did my fair share of complaining, but I suited up anyways on race day and the family all headed out to Bonelli Park. It was a beautiful morning, nice and crisp and there were lots of people. I honestly still didn't feel prepared for this thing. The max I had run without stopping was two miles. But I lined up anyways and when the start bell went off, so did I. My goal was to finish the race without stopping, and to not finish last. I am proud to say that I accomplished both of those goals. I have a slow jogging pace, but I didn't stop.
There were three things that I did right:
1. Wear a beanie so that my ears don't get cold. I am very sensitive and get a headache quickly if my ears get old.
2. Wear a light hoodie jacket. It was COLD but of course once your body heat picks up, things are fine. At the one mile mark I took off my jacket but was glad I had it as a warm-up.
3. Bring kleenex. Running always makes me have to blow my nose. So I'm glad I didn't have to try and figure that one out without a tissue!
In the end I finished in 40:45, number 101 out of 161, I was 10th in my age group, and my pace was a 13 minute mile. So basically I was on the back-end of the middle group.
I'm really glad I did it!
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6 comments:
Yahooo! Look at you go! Way to set a goal and reach it. Great example to your kiddos and everyone else. CONGRATS!
And OMG, that family picture is FABULOUS. You all look great ... but you look RADIANT. Seriously. I think red is your color!
:)
awww...Thanks Shannon! And thanks for the C25K inspiration :) It was a really good program.
You mean you don't know how to blow snot rockets?
Good for you! I'm a jerk-face for not asking you about your run. I completely forgot. Way to go!!
Very nice pics!
LOL. I guess I can handle a loogey, but am too embarrassed for snot rockets.
And NO you are not a jerk-face. It's not that big of a deal! Now if I did a marathon or something, well that might be different.
All pics are courtesy of my dad. :)
i haven't read blogs in a while and I just wanted to tell you that you are AWESOME! GREAT job for having the guts to sign up and finish what you started!
And your Christmas pictures are beautiful!! :)
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