The back story: around Thanksgiving sometime, Jen texted me and said she wanted to do a 5K with me. Awesome! I replied (as this is my most used word, followed by bummer). I proposed the Hot Chocolate 5K on January 15. We agreed this would be awesome because: 1. we had enough time to train. 2. we could still get the early bird registration fee 3. you got free hot chocolate at the end AND 4. the shirts were long sleeved. WIN all the way around!
Jen and I live in the small metroplex area but it might as well be a million miles apart for as often as we see each other. So, we would not be training together.
In December, we had our annual girls dinner. That sounds really fancy but it's me, Jen and Diana eating, griping and gossiping for a minimum of four hours. At our dinner Jen mentions that she wouldn't be running - she'll be walking really fast. WHAT?!? OK, whatever ;)
Fast forward to race day >>>>>> it's freezing and raining slightly. I haven't been training for a variety of reasons (actually 3 reasons - laziness, coldness and illness). And I was on day 6 of what would become a 9 day headache. Parking was a bear. Jen left her race number in the car and had to go back for it. Here's a picture of us before the race.
We had a great start. Jen did start out running. She did great. When she started walking, I was still able to run because she's so much taller than me. After a little bit, a decided to push myself and took off.
I made my usual raceday mistakes. I started too fast. I was passing people left and right. At mile 3 I wanted to walk. But I didn't, I ran. Really, really slowly. But I ran the whole way. My time was my slowest time yet (34:59) but not too bad considering the weather, my head and the lack of training. I'll also mention that an extremely buff and awesome looking lady finished the 10K ahead of me. I was in awe. Seriously!
I had a great time, as I do every time I'm with Jen. And we are signed up for the Mardi Gras 5K in March. Stay tuned....I'm planning on training for that one.
Jen would like me to mention that she is NOT, in fact, pregnant. She is simply wearing a large sweatshirt.
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Thanks for mentioning that all important info about the sweatshirt.
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