Had The Guts, Got The Glory

I survived to blog another day!  Thanks for all of the encouragement, my bloggy buddies.  🙂

Umm..I hate when people talk or blog about the weather, but I feel it is totally relevant today.  So let me just say – the weather was perfect for our run yesterday – VERY overcast, with an intermittent breeze coming off the water, and a little bit of rain sprinkling here and there.  Much better than the usual searing humid heat of Florida!

Pre-Race. Can you tell which of us has an infant at home?

This was Alanna’s first 5k ever and she did totally awesome.  At the starting line she confessed she wasn’t really thrilled with the walk/jog plan – so we scrapped it and jogged our little hearts out.  We didn’t walk at all until after the first mile and then I would guesstimate that we spent a total of 5 minutes or less walking, most of which happened near the water station.

We finished in 39:52, which is my worst race time to date, but this was probably the most successful race I’ve done in terms of pacing myself, staying with my partner, enjoying the scenery, and feeling HEALTHY at the end instead of feeling like I’d injured myself.  So – HOORAY!

Annnyway…we’ll get back to the regularly scheduled programming here ASAP.  I’ve got a birthday cake to make this week and one for next week as well, and I think I’m going to have a couple of guest bloggers in here, too – so don’t worry, I’m not going to keep subjecting you to pictures of my sweaty self.  Promise!

Hangin’ tough, stayin’ hungry,

Becki

Alanna is holding her water bottle cap in an unfortunate way...she's not making an inappropriate gesture. I was halfway into my gangsta pose. Duh.

(Oh, and yes I am wearing the same shirt as in the previous post.  Thanks for noticing!)