Success?

YES!  We were successful today.  We had our 5K today at the beach...and we did well.  I feel good about it and so do the other ladies I was with.  We did not have a time we wanted to finish in but our goal was to finish and NOT finish last and with that, we were successful.

Jennifer did awesome!  I am so proud of her, she ran the entire race finishing a few minutes before Leah and I did. Leah and I stuck together; we had the same pace throughout the race which really benefited both of us.  We started off running then transitioned into a run/walk for the first 2 miles; we definitely ran more then we walked and we finished off the race by running the last mile.  We were excited and oh so proud!

Run 1 of week 1 on the running plan...CHECK!

As I suspected, my leg bothered me.  The tingling feeling, which is always in my knee area, traveled up to my mid thigh and and down to my mid calf pretty quickly.  However, I found that as I ran I was adjusting to that weird feeling.  There came a point where I just put it out of my head and the only thing I focused on was that finish line.  My back...not one pain, none!  It didn't even tighten up.  I kept focusing on my form as I ran.  My breathing was probably at its best, although I became winded when running, it didn't take me long to catch my breath and continue. Finally my feet; I was worried about running in the new sneakers I had for less than a week..they were perfect!  I had no foot pain or leg pain.

When ever I have a successful run I get even more excited for the next one; Tuesday night is run #2!

Thanks ladies for a great run...I'm looking forward to many more!  Also, thank you Brent for incorporating lots of running into our workouts last week...especially Tuesday, that was a huge confidence builder for me.

Hooray for Jennifer, Leah, and Maria!!!