10K

Two o'clock in the afternoon plus the hot sun plus temperatures in the upper 80's plus not much breeze combined with thousands of people equals one interesting race day. I do send a big shout out to all the people who made the race possible. It was a great experience. When we passed the starting line the only thing i could hear was the pounding of feet on the pavement. There were so many people running that it actually sounded like rain. I have never been more thankful for lukewarm water than I was yesterday. Seeing a water station in the distance was like coming upon an oasis in the desert. Also, running yesterday gave a whole new meaning to running through sprinklers. I never really enjoyed running through sprinklers as a child, but yesterday I ran through everyone I could just to cool off. At mile 3 there was a band playing "Sweet Home Alabama" (a favorite song of mine) and that made running uphill way more fun. Around mile 4, I began questioning my sanity and what could have possessed me to run. I'm so glad I did it though! On the last stretch there was a little girl high-fiving people as they ran past and telling them great job. She was such a cutie! There are only 3 more weeks until the Half Marathon! Everyone that ran with us....there were 5 of us in all....did a great job. I'm so glad that Hiland Dairy was a sponsor of the race because there was an endless supply of chocolate milk at the end and I did partake!

Twinkle Toes

On Wednesday night running buddy 1 and I were headed out the door to run and her 3 year old decided she wanted to run with us. It was one of the cutest things I have seen in a while. We started running and noticed flashing lights. We looked down to find she had on her twinkle toe shoes. Some of you may not know what these are. They are tennis shoes that have sparkles on the toe and when you walk they light up. Well, twinkle toes made it almost a whole lap. Her mom had to piggy-back her up the hill. She did a great job! I'm looking forward to our next run with her. It may be a while though, I don't think it was as much fun as she thought it was going to be.
Running buddy 1 and I made it three miles this morning and we are looking forward to 8 miles tomorrow! One week left until the 10K.