Race for The Cure - My First 5k!

On Saturday Matt and I woke up early to run the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.  We met my sister and brother-in-law there who were running with us, and my mom who was there to cheer us on.  I was feeling better from my cold/ bronchitis/ asthma problems I was having, but not 100%.  When I went to the doctor on Friday she told me that she thought it would be fine for me to try to do the 5k but to run with my inhaler.

The race was crazy packed with people. There were 14,000 people that came out to participate. My sister and I had decided that we would run together since we run pretty much the same pace.  The 5k started and at first Kelly and I were zig zagging around all the walkers. For a while it was going well, it was hard but manageable.  Then all the hills started and it got really hard and it was super hot out. About two thirds of the way through my breathing starting to get really hard to manage.  I slowed to a fast walk and Kelly almost stopped with me asking me if i was okay. I told her to keep running.  She kept looking back at me and I kept waving her ahead.  The last thing I wanted to do is to slow her down. She told me later that she wanted to stop with me but she knew it would have just made me mad.

The rest of the race I spent using my inhaler and alternating between jogging and walking.  I'm disappointed that I was not able to run the whole race but at the same time I'm still proud of myself for finishing the race, especially since my health wasn't 100% and I didn't get to run for a whole week before the race.  My sister rocked the race and ran the whole thing.  I'm so proud of her for running the whole race and keeping up with Couch to 5k program.  We are planning on signing up for another 5k in the Fall. I can't wait to run the whole thing this time!