Fun Saturday

Do you ever have one of those days that you smile when you think about it? We had one yesterday. It was perfect. We played together all day and it was the most perfect weather. We started the day out with racing in the Memorial 5 mile run and 1/2 mile kid run. Hallie and Annie were excited when I told them that they got to run in a race and couldn't believe that they would get their own medals like mom.Here they are right before the race. I think Hallie was a little nervous.

Hallie was pretty quick and just happy to be running.

She did 1/2 mile in 3:27. Pretty good if you ask me.

Annie is more like me when running. No smiling, just determined to get to the end. We didn't get her time but she was probably more around the 4 min mark.

Then I ran my race. I started out way too fast (6:40 mile) and didn't realize the first 2 miles was mostly uphill. I ate before I ran, which I never do, and got a terrible side ache that wouldn't go away. I couldn't even pick up my speed going down hill. I walked 3 times and had cotton mouth for the last 2 miles. It was awful. I seriously thought of just calling it quits. But I didn't, I finished and even came in 2nd for my age group (see, being in your 30s does have some advantages) and my time was 40:10. Which is the time I wanted but I felt awful doing it. It discouraged me a lot for the half that I am training for. Guess I need to really start training and not think that I can just run for the fun of it.

glad to see the finish.

Tracy and Wendy that I run on Saturdays with. They came in 2nd and 3rd in their age group too.
My support team.

Here we are with our Medals. So proud of my girls for trying so hard. Annie was so tired at one point but kept running. She is amazing. Love them both so much.

The rest of the day was spent playing with friends outside and eating popsicles. Loved it.