The 8th day of May was a clear, gorgeous day in Mukilteo. I felt the warm sun beat down on me instead of the misty rain as early as 8:00 am that morning. That is rare around these parts! It was a perfect day for my first 5K race! I was nervous, anxious, worried, pretty much a case now that I'm looking back at myself. I didn't know if I should wear my lucky, red fleece that I'm used to training in or not. The sun was great but because its never around I'm used to dressing warmer in the early hours of the day.
After some stretching exercises and getting rid of the fleece I was set to go. I wasn't really worried too much about my time but still wanted to run it in less than 30 minutes although my main goal was just doing it and finishing without stopping that mattered the most. Running 3 miles to me without stopping is HUGE in my little mind!
As we set off I was actually surprised at the people I was slowly passing. I figured people would be passing me up left and right. Wow, I was better that I thought! I kept looking for my family at about the 2nd mile hoping they would be there with their sign that said "You've Conquered Your Fear, Go Mom!" But I didn't see them but thought of the words on the sign to keep me going. As I got closer to the finish line I thought of my mother and how proud she would've been and I thought of the hard work that I put in and that I accomplished a HUGE goal. As I sprinted around the last corner and saw my husband and my 3 kids cheering me on I got quite emotional as I saw myself a 5K finisher. It felt great to do something that I never believed I could do.
The only thing that was stopping me was me. It was my confidence that was lacking and so instead of making excuses for not being able to run I faced it head on and learned a lot about myself. I can do anything that I really want to do!
Later after looking at my time I found an amazing 30:08 staring back at me. I was proud of that. I was 37th out of 85ish. I did exactly how I wanted to. Not first and the best, but not last either.
Now what, another race? Maybe a 10K perhaps? Or a triathlon. Maybe someday!
4 comments:
I'm so proud of you!!!! love you Sherri!!
You are awesome. I am so proud of you. Way to go. You can always come down here and run the prison break 10k with me in the fall. I wish I was there to run with you, maybe next year.
AWESOME! Congrats kiddo!
GOOD JOB! Way to keep with your goal. :)
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