The Wiggin Winter 5k

I have been thinking about what I could say about my 5k on Saturday for the past few days and I came up with one word: Awesome!  It went better than expected.  I wanted to get in under 44 minutes and was surprised with getting in under 39 minutes!  I couldn't believe it.  My average pace was 12:25, which is the fastest I ever done a mile.  It was a challenge and I hit a wall or two, but I was able to break through it.  I took my time and picked out landmarks to make it to and most of the time I ran past them.  The hardest part for me was to keep up the momentum.  I had to keep up a constant pep talk in my mind.  I have to tell you though the way I felt when I was running was fantastic.  I kept up a visual of how I wanted to look while I was running and kept my strides even and long without sprinting to often. The best feeling of all was passing that finish line and seeing my parents, my sister Sammi and my wonderful husband waiting for me and cheering me.  My dad was the first one to me and practically cracked my ribs.  


    All the training I have done in the past few weeks really did help to prepare me.  I ran with my friend Michele a week ago outside in the cold air and we did 4.4 miles in about an hour.  Running outside should be apart of anyone's training routine.  Yes, I wanted to kill her for making me run outside with the cold dry air and all the hills, but it really did help me out on Saturday.  I also ran the course on Thursday and walked it with Kitty on Friday.  At that point we were both as prepared as we were going to get for the next day.  


    I am so proud of myself.  It makes me feel strong and capable knowing that I finished a 5k. I will be looking into running more if I can.