I'll probably do another few races at some point but I am taking a break from running right now and trying something new (Insanity) but I guess I am already signed up for the Color Run in Columbus in July but that will be more fun than competitive running with the girls in the family and friends!
I have never ever ever been a fan of running like ever, even when I was young or doing sports in school it was my least favorite workout. But I've always kind of wished I could run so I finally set a goal to run more and eventually do a race. I've seen my sisters do plenty and then even my parents jumped on the bandwagon. So Brittany was the ringleader and found a half marathon she wanted to do in Cleveland which also had a 10k the same day so we all signed up for it. It also happened to be on my Mom's birthday and Chris and Sonya planned Henry's baptism the same weekend. Training for the race was tough but I'm so glad I did it, before, I had only run 3 miles a few times and could run 1-2 consistently if I wanted to. So increasing to be able to run double the distance was tough. I had some up and down runs, sometimes it felt super hard just to eek out 2 miles while other times the long 5 mile run felt great. By race day I wasn't following the plan I had planned out exactly (picture above) but I still felt confident. My goal was to finish in under and hour which was a pretty high goal since it would mean my pace would have to be quicker than I normally went. Race day was great, the weather was perfect and it was so awesome to be doing it with the family. I ended up running mostly by myself and I did not use anything to pace or keep time. I just checked the time on each mile marker and tried to guess how fast I was based on starting after the gun went off because of the corralling. I ended up meeting my goal and finishing in 58:07 so I had plenty of time to spare :) I almost beat Chris too, he ran past me in the last mile and finished a little ahead of me! I'll probably do another few races at some point but I am taking a break from running right now and trying something new (Insanity) but I guess I am already signed up for the Color Run in Columbus in July but that will be more fun than competitive running with the girls in the family and friends!
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