My first 5K!

Today was such a great day!! I ran my first 5K EVER in my ENTIRE life. My time was 32:39! I thought it was pretty dern good!

I spent the night at my Aunt Barbara's house. We got up at around 5:45am. Out the door by 6:20ish. We got to the race by around 7am. It was already crowded!

Aunt Barbara, Aunt Linda, Aunt Julie and Gabbi did the mile run at 7:45am. Gabbi ran the mile WITH a ingrown toe nail and in sandals! Go Gabbi!!

I did the 5K at 8:15am. It was SO crowded, I couldn't even move. I could hear about 10 conversations all at once and it was driving me nuts. Finally, the race starts and I had to weave in and out of the crowd. After I got out of the walking crowd and caught up with the runners, it was so nice. Not crowded at all.

I did stop for a few seconds to get a drink. I couldn't just throw the cup on the ground like others were doing. It just felt wrong! So, course, I had to jog over to the trash can and put my cup in the trash. No litter bug here!

It was so neat to hear people cheering us on. There were even bands playing on different parts of the route. I definitely felt a rush.

When I knew it was the end, I sprinted to the end. My time was 32:39! It felt GREAT. I felt like I had accomplished something.

It was just so neat that I went from barely running 5 feet and feeling like I was going to die to running a 5k!

My next race is 10/29 in Garland and I am STOKED. Hopefully, it won't be as crowded as it was for the Race for the Cure.