WE DIDN'T DIE!!!!!
Well, we did it! Shelese and I crossed the finish line!! We ran/walked (we did not run the whole thing...this time) a 5k. We decided we wanted to jump on the "getting in shape/triathlon" band-wagon. Kipp has been doing a few tri's this year, and my sis-in-law Hidee is MISS triathlete. So we decided to start out with a 5k with pretty close to zero training.
(By the way, we aren't putting our fingers up because we are #1...we decided to remind ourselves that this one was our FIRST one...and hopefully we can put up and #2 ...then a 3..etc.:)
This one was fun because they called it 5(K)ard (as in poker)...and at 5 check points on the run we'd pick up a card...if you had a good hand at the end you won certain prizes. I got 3 of a kind (6's)... but it was still good enough to get a small prize. I was one short of getting a sweet workout bag...but the gatorade towel is nice too! lol
My goal was to be under 45 minutes and Shelese's was to be under 60 minutes (don't laugh at us...we haven't been training...back off! :). And we did it! My time was just over 42 minutes and Shelese's was just over 52 minutes! But, we realized after our run that a bunch of us ran an extra 1/2 mile. We weren't familiar with the area and we didn't see any signs, so about half way into it we made our own detour. haha.
After hearing that we were REALLY proud of our times! And now we are hooked! We are already planning another one in November, and hopefully we can find one in October. I'm glad Shelese found this one so close to her home and that I was in town for it...if I hadn't tried a 5k before it started getting cold I would've told myself that I'd "do it next year..." and then I would've found enough lazy excuses to "forget" to train for it. So, THANKS SHELESE.
We are a little sore today...but in a good way. I'm excited to start training seriously on Monday!
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