My hub-dub and I ran a 5k today. It was the inaugural Runway 5k, at his work. First of all let me put out there that I am so so proud of him. He's still a fairly new runner, and he cut 15 minutes off his time today. He was so gitty. He did an amazing job.
He told me a few weeks ago, maybe you should train for this marathon. I responded with, I'll probably run on the treadmill before then and do my Zumba, I'll be fine. My mom asked me last night, "Are you ready for this run tomorrow?" I said, "Sure, it's just a 5k. It's not that big of a deal." So hub and I went to the run this morning. I'm giving him all my tips, "Run your own race. Don't start out too fast. Pace yourself." We start the run, and we're doing good, everybody takes off at the starting line. I'm thinking, don't worry we'll pass these people in no time, they're starting out too fast. I get around 1st, 2nd, 3rd turn, and my body say, "done." So I stop and walk it out. I tell Frank to keep going... run your race. Come to the 1 mile sign, and start running again. "Done" I'm thinking, are you kidding me? It's just a 5k keep going. So I start running again. Then a guy with a cane walks past me. "Done" Seriously? So told myself, really, I'm done. I'm going to run up to this water table, take the chip off of my ankle, and I'm going to go wait by the finish line for my husband. So I ran ip to the water table, and thank the Lord they had the cheerleaders there cheering me on and I saw the 2 mile marker, and I thought, "Ok, it's right there. I can get to there." So I ran to that and each corner I turn, I can see Frank still running. And I realize that if I don't finish this race then I'm going to be a blubbery mess all day beating myself up and that will end up retracting from what a good job he's doing. So I kept going. I eventually got my mojo back and ended up finishing the race with a girl that i was keeping up with the whole time. And Frank was waiting at the finish line cheering me on. I'm so glad that I finished. And I thank the Lord that I got slapped with the humble stick today.
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