I did it!!

I ran, yes, RAN my first 5K!!!  And I did run (shuffled, really) the entire 3.1 miles. I am amazed that I did something that I never thought possible.  

I have never been a runner.  E.V.E.R.   In High school when we were suppose to run a mile, I never did.  I thought it was stupid and too hard and why would anyone want to run..... 

About 6 months ago, I was at work, and one of the  Physicians that I work with, asked me when my baby was due.  Now, I work in Labor and Delivery, I see COUNTLESS pregnant bellies, and I am assuming that this particular Physician sees more pregnant bellies that I do.... being a physician that "specializes" in all things woman, so as you can imagine, I was horrified.  I mumbled something along the lines of "just fat" and quickly waddled away, not caring to notice his reaction.  Well, that was the moment, the turning point, and I knew that it was high time to do something, ANYTHING active.  I was at my highest (non pregnant) weight ever and was tired and grumpy and down right depressed.

I started using the wii at home, when the kids were at school, and no one could see me.  It was pretty fun, and I started seeing results pretty quickly.  Soon I was down 10 pounds, then 20, and I thought that maybe I should try running.  Runners in general are pretty fit people, and I wanted that. So I laced up my shoes and headed to the park across the street.  2 times around the park is a mile, I made it a quarter of the way around.  2 minutes of "running" and I was done.  I downloaded the C25K (couch to 5k) program onto my phone and tried again the next day.  It took me a month to be able to run a mile. I wondered if I could possibly EVER run 3 miles, but signed up for a "race" that benefited my place of employment and hoped that I would be ready. I cried tears of joy when I made it to 3 miles!!  Also, goodbye 30 pounds... I will NOT miss you!  Only 30 more to go.

Running for me is a solitary sport.  I trained alone, I ran alone, and ultimately finished alone.  I ran a good race and finished with a time of 34.42.  I placed 37th out of 68n my age group. Yeah, that's pretty slow, but I made it, and I am proud of myself.  The only thing that could have made it better, was if my family was actually THERE when I crossed the finish line.   I'm still pretty upset about that part, and have much more to say about it, but I will refrain......  It was fun, and I look forward to my next run, a 10k!! 

And NOW, if you remember this post, I DID IT!!

The dress is on, and zipped up, and I can *almost* breathe normally!  It certainly doesn't "fit" the way that it did 15 years ago, but maybe by next year.....

Beanie says that I look "just like a real princess".  LOVE that kid!