My sister-in-law, Lorie, thought it sounded fun to do a 5k race. In December. I always have a hard time with peer pressure, especially when it sounds like a party, so I cautiously agreed. It was 34 degrees outside when I left my house Saturday morning.
All the runners attached nifty trackers to their shoes so that the race officials could keep track of us and our times. I think it's a good system, especially since the course went past a bakery. Left to my own devices, I could see myself getting side tracked. Hot cocoa...mmmm.
We weren't quite first, but we weren't quite last either. And since I forgot it was a race and had a great time chatting away to Lorie, I almost forgot I'd voluntarily gotten out of bed on a freezing Saturday morning in order to exercise. Stranger things have happened, although perhaps not many!
My sister-in-law, Lorie, thought it sounded fun to do a 5k race. In December. I always have a hard time with peer pressure, especially when it sounds like a party, so I cautiously agreed. It was 34 degrees outside when I left my house Saturday morning.
All the runners attached nifty trackers to their shoes so that the race officials could keep track of us and our times. I think it's a good system, especially since the course went past a bakery. Left to my own devices, I could see myself getting side tracked. Hot cocoa...mmmm.
We weren't quite first, but we weren't quite last either. And since I forgot it was a race and had a great time chatting away to Lorie, I almost forgot I'd voluntarily gotten out of bed on a freezing Saturday morning in order to exercise. Stranger things have happened, although perhaps not many!
look at you running 5k's! i'm so impressed. wish i'd been there to join you!
ReplyDeleteYou guys are AMAZING!!! I am so impressed. WOW! With all that running you can totally go to the bakery guilt free.
ReplyDelete34 degrees sounds like a summers day to me right now:)
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