Our First 5k ... and The News!

Recap of the past few weeks:

Increased run time to five minutes with a two minute recovery walk.

End of season Girls On The Run 5k run was on May 9th. J's first 5k, and she was so excited. It was fun watching as she experienced her first 'event', though not an official one. The GOTR run had about 2 thousand people and 800 girls. Seeing so many young girls running was fantastic! They were so proud of themselves, rightly so. I will coach again.

Our First Official 5k Run was done yesterday, May 16th. It was the 5th Annual Morrison 10k/5k YMCA race. Our time 37:24 - pace was 12:03, I'm ok with that ... for now. I came in 5th in my age group, with a total of six women ... at least I wasn't last :)

J's physical therapist has been insane enough to request J take a week off running. Hmph! Which, I might add, J has not wanted to do; nor, has she done. So, as we're stretching before the run, J told me she'd "made a deal with the devil." She agreed to take the week off (goal - to reduce swelling in knee) if the therapist would agree to her running the 5k. As J's telling me this, she went on to suggest I also take a week off to give my IT band time to rest. Ha, proof -- misery loves company! I reluctantly agreed knowing, in my soul, it was the right thing to do. Two 5k's littered with hills has played havoc on my hip. A week off frightens me so I suggested we walk on the days we'd normally run. It was agreed.

And let's not forget The News -- J found out she's pregnant with baby #2 -- oh yeah!!!

The reality of her pregnancy means we will modify some of our goals for this year. I'm looking forward to seeing where this path takes her as she's committed to both having a healthy baby and continuing her training. I'm honored to be her friend and apart of her new journey!

Let me just say, pregnancy, so far, hasn't stopped her. She drug my ass through the 5k yesterday. After attending a very long birth, I was exhausted and chose to walk a bit more than usual. Every time she turned around (to assess her competition) and saw me walking she'd guilt me into running. lol. Wanting to do this together, Team Sarcastic, and being the competitive soul she is, she wasn't tolertating my slowness :)

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Having done several 5k's, though years ago, I wasn't as nervous as J was doing her First 5k. With that nervousness came her enthusiasm and she ran with glee -- it was awesome. The only thing cooler than watching her experience her first race was to see the joy on her face when she saw her hubby and son had made it in time to see her cross the finish line! That ROCKED!

That about brings us up to date.

more to come ...

In the meantime, remember -- All Women Can.

Go US ... and Go YOU!!!