Catey signed me up for a 5K months ago.....
grrrrrrrr.
....but I digress.
I ran (that is ran-the-whole-time) a 5K today. I have *participated* in 5K's before, but never ran one without stopping.
Today was the day!
The race started at 7:00am so we had to be up early. Several of my kids ran with me. When they asked us to line up at the start, all of my kids stood right on the line, I had them all go to the back with me. I told them if they pass people, that is fine, but we were not going to be in the way of those REALLY fast runners.
The start was sounded...
Everyone took off...
I started a very slow, a laughable pace at best, but I was determined to keep that pace, without stopping. As the race started to thin out and I could see runners strung down the road and around the corner I wondered where I was in the race....I looked back and saw 4 people behind me. {sigh}
But I kept going.
Finished last place in men and only in front of a handful of other people, but I finished and I finished like I started.
My pace: just over a 12/min mile.
My running name: Turtle.
You may now refer to me as the turtle...but I ran.the.whole.way.
..now, about that bowl of ice cream....
-Aaron
