Surviving the 5K Once Again!
Woman in the Middle | May 30, 2015Today was the annual 5K Walk/Run in my fair city. For the third year in a row I walked it. No running involved, believe you me!
My friend Tracy kindly walked with me again while Hubby ran on ahead. I crossed the line with Tracy and one other lady. There were two more people behind us so once again I missed being dead last by a whisker. Last year I desperately did not want to be dead last. This year I was over that and didn’t care. If my friend with the recent hip replacement was able to walk faster than me, so be it. And she did! I am happy for her! Isn’t modern medicine amazing?
I figure it was the getting out of bed at 5:45 on a Saturday morning, pulling on my workout clothes, slipping on my tennis shoes, and being at the starting line at 7 a.m. that mattered. For the third year in a row the horrible hill that is such a beast was a little easier (although not at all easy) than it was the year before. But I hefted this 53 year old body over three miles this morning. Last or first, I am pretty happy with myself!
Congrats! Maybe next year it will be even easier.
Kudos! You are a winner my friend – no matter how you look at it.