The thing is that I've really been feeling convicted for some time now to get into better shape, but of course I always come up with excuses. I don't have the time. The weather is bad right now. Etc. So when I got a flyer from Collin's daycare about a 5K Color Run benefiting an anti-trafficking organization, I thought it would be a totally awesome thing to do...if I was in better shape.
Well, silly me got a little too eager and mentioned it to the girls in our small group, and sweet Kirstin quickly said she would do it with me. I told myself we would back out of it, but dang it if Kirstin wasn't committed!
Last Friday I went over to her house on my lunch break to run with her around their neighborhood. I realize it was stupid to run like that the day before the race was to occur, but I really needed to have an idea of how out of shape I was. It didn't take long to figure it out!! Kirstin easily pushed her baby girl in a jogging stroller, uphill(!) while I panted and stopped to walk every other minute. We did about 2 miles before I had to head back to work, and the first thing I said was, "We have to do MORE tomorrow?"
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| This is me, sweaty and red-faced when I got back to work on Friday. |
Of course, I woke up Saturday morning sore and grasping for excuses! My sweet husband let me buy some new running shorts the night before, so I concentrated on my nifty shorts and relatively new/unused running shoes and made myself get ready.
Kirstin picked me up and we headed over to Harding where the race was held. We instantly felt a little out of place... Here we were, two moms several years past our co-ed days, and we were surrounded by overly eager college students. We ran into a few girls who work at Collin's daycare, so I focused on visiting with them and trying to be as excited about the race as they were, and then the race started.
I seriously considered stopping and walking back to the start line to wait for everyone! I know. Pretty lame, huh?
It was so hard!
Luckily, it was a "fun run" and no one was too serious. Pretty much everyone walked at some point or another, and Kirstin was sweet to say, "It's ok! If we walk, we can talk!!" So we would run, and then we would walk/talk and then we would run and repeat the whole cycle until we finished :)
It turned out to be a beautiful day and a perfect morning for the run. Plus, the fact that it was a Color Run really broke up the running aspect and made it tons of fun. And now that I've had a few days to recover and have regained the ability to make minor movements without feeling excruciating pain, I'm actually excited to start running again.
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| It was so funny driving home like this & stopping in @ Tropical Smoothie Cafe on the way ! |
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| I went straight to the laundry room once back home! |
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What a mess!
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The other good thing about this experience was that it gave Jarrod and Collin some time to be together without me. They don't get "guy time" often enough. They were going to go fishing, but Collin fell down near the pond at my parents' house once (whilst being supervised by Uncle Daniel). He got his bottom all muddy and wet and now he's convinced that this is what happens when you go near water. He kept telling Jarrod, "No! No go fitching!! I no wanna get wet!!" So Jarrod improvised and they played camp-out in the patio. They set up a tent, played with Collin's little toy grill and spent time in the hammock together.
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| My boys! |
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