My first 5k!

                       

gwhaat!? a 5k!? I know shocker.

So long story short, no training, no mess, no fuss. Learned about it the day before and went for it. It wasn't timed, it was all about having good fun. So I did!

I wore shorts for God sakes,long shorts but still shorts. The last time I remember wearing shorts was back in high school during color guard rehearsal and that was solemnly because I had a very dark tan. We've all heard if you can't tone it, then tan it. Well the cast of Jersey Shore had nothing on me.

I had a great friend join me in all the fun. We were running late but we made it while the first wave of runners were starting. I was beyond excited, even though I had no idea where exactly this course went.

And we were off..."ok we can do this" This can't be too bad. And with that we began jogging it out, took a corner ..."eh maybe we can walk and save our energy for later". I ran about two more times, not that very far but hey I still did it.

Once we heard the music we knew we were saved and we were coming closer.

COLORS!!!!!

Green, yellow, pink, and blue.

They had stations of different colors through out that last 1/2 mile of the course. I ate some, sniffed some, had some in my goodies... Lets all give thanks it's just corn starch.

And tada the heavens opened up and the finish line was in sight!

All in all, it was a great first 5k Im glad I had a great experience. This won't be my last but I won't promise to run... I like my walking,thank you very much.

And now we are faced with clean up... oh boy was that fun!

                 

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