Not Dead Yet

Those of you who know me from my youth, know I am a swimmer. I am a swimmer because I am not a runner. I would prefer 100 laps in the pool to 10 minutes on the treadmill.

Drew is the runner in the family. He has run several marathons and run half marathons with 80 pound rucksacks on his back. He, however, can not swim. Therefore, we don't do a lot of working out together.

In a effort to spend some more "quality time" together as a family, I suggested that I could probably manage a 5K as long as Drew ran with me for emotional support with the kids in the stroller. My goal was to finish in under 45 minutes with no walking and have my last 1/2 mile be the fastest.

Yesterday, I completed my goal at the James K Polk 5K in Pineville. We finished as a family in 36:02 and I can honestly say I was not too winded and probably could have gone on at least another couple of miles.

Stay tuned for the upcoming post: "Elaine Finishes Her First 10K"

(Also, Molly ran in her first fun run! She was smiling ear to ear, even though she ran "in the back like mommy!")