Race #1

I just finished my first race of the season. It was a last minute decision to run a 5K for the community food bank.

Because my husband is still out of town I had to farm out my oldest and push my other two in the stroller.

I was worried about pushing the stroller because I haven't been training with the stroller. At all.  If it's even slightly uphill or windy Its like pushing a car. Not really, but it definitely wears me out and slows me down.

This race was a great stroller race though. There was only the slightest uphill (and by that I mean, nearly non-existent for anyone not pushing a stroller) for the first half of the third mile.

Another nice thing is that it was a tiny race. I didn't have to spend the first mile just getting out of the pack and finding my pace, which can be hard enough without a double wide stroller to manuver. It was probably anywhere from 200-300 people. Honestly, I'm horrible at guessing.

I met my friend Kaci at the race. It was so nice to see her again. We ran cross country together in High School and she was ALWAYS faster than me.  She still is, but we had some good times back then and she amazes me. She ran a 10K last year when she was 8 months pregnant. I could never! Well, besides my extremely defective hips, I could never find motivation to exercise more than walking when I'm pregnant.

Anyway, The kids were angels the whole race. I didn't have to stop once and I felt great.

I have no idea what my time was but from what I could gather, it was somewhere in between 23 minutes and 25 minutes. The results are supposed to be emailed to me, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

I couldn't be happier. I love 5K's they are just so fun. And they don't wipe me out for the day...or week.

5K down, 10K, half and full marathon to go.

I'm wondering what I can do for my hip. It just aches. I probably need to strengthen it somehow.