I cannot tell you the last time I laughed this much!
Like stomach muscles hurt!
This weekend kicked off with my bestie & I taking our older daughters out for a little date night picking up our 5k race packets & some homemade root beer and pizza. Oh boy, did we laugh! My daughter, Jacee & her best friend are too much fun together! Their friendship is refreshing to watch: there is no judgement, complete openness & comfort with each other! They are simply themselves, there is no pretending! Something that seems to be hard to come by much of the time!
Saturday morning, again with my bestie & her family, we ran the 5k for Breast Cancer! I stayed with my Jacee & it was such a joy! She did amazing running every step of the way! There is just something about crossing that finish line with your daughter….
From there, we ran home to shower & pack before we ran back out the door so that I could attend a team meeting for my health + fitness business at my upline’s home! I absolutely LOVE being around like-minded & passionate people!
After that, my girls were off to stay the night with their best friends & my bestie, Roberta, & I headed out to Lansing for the half-marathon part of our weekend!
We ate food….a lot of food!
We walked across the road from our hotel to go sit & enjoy a pre-race drink! Of course, we made friends that were a riot to talk to!
Then, we laughed for hours as we tried to fall asleep!!
Finally, Sunday Race day arrived! After about 4 in the morning, I could not sleep. I was so incredibly nervous! I was not trained for this & can’t say I have even worked out as hard or as much in the past few months as I have in the past few years. It’s that adrenaline rush in the pit of your stomach…the same one I would get before pitching a big softball game!
The thing is….putting yourself at the start line is putting yourself out there with a good chance of failing. So many times since beginning running before I sign up for a race, I will honestly ask myself “but what if you fail & everyone knows?” Finally….I realize the only true failure is in not trying; its me not putting myself out there to fail & refusing to step outside of my comfort zone.
You stand there at the start line & although you are trying to pep talk yourself up; there are always doubts.
This was not my best race but it went better than what I had set myself up for! If I would take away my stop in McDonald’s (not for fries! But for the restroom – I didn’t have time to wait in line before the race started) at about miles 4-5 & me stealing half a roll of toilet paper to blow my nose (I NEVER forget kleenex – first time for everything!!) with for the next 5 miles thanks to the onset of my cold, along with some excruciating foot pain I might have pulled off a pretty decent time! Not to mention, although a beautiful course, it felt like I was going up & down constant hills! For real….not much flat ground!
My bestie rocked the heck out of her run smashing her previous half-marathon time! I was like a proud mama!!!
Such a great weekend! Being able to share in these race journeys with someone else makes it a million times better! We laughed so hard all weekend, challenged each other, pushed each other for what is next & enjoyed every mile! All 16.2 of them!
Until Next Time~
*krisha*
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