5K Mamas!

A few months back I was hanging out with the girls from homegroup and we decided to run a 5K. We wanted to hold of until fall, since running any distance in the Florida summer is just plain torture. We picked the Miracle Miles 5k which supports Winnie Palmer Hospital's NICU. I started running a couple times a week in the mornings and was enjoying it more than I thought I would. Running is so peaceful in the early morning.. no children yelling my name, no pile of dishes to look at, and with some luck, I usually stir up some deer or turkeys. I had been running the full length of our street for a few weeks when I decided to check the length with my car odometer. To my excitement I found out that a round trip on our dead-end street was 3 miles (just 0.1 mile short of a 5K).



The big day of the 5K arrived and Heather, Amy, Christy and I met up early in the morning. The air horn sounded and we were off! I was able to run the first 2 miles without stopping (I was really pushing myself to do well). Then I paced myself a bit better in the last mile. I finished in 33:58. I was very happy with my time and did right about what I thought I might. It was a fun experience and I have already signed up for another one in late October for the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Training for a 10K is tempting, but I looked up the training schedule and changed my mind pretty quickly.. at least for now.