First 5K!! And other stuff....

That's right folks, you can now add runner to the adjectives to describe me! You can also add that to the list of things people told me I would never do. Don't you just love it when people tell you that you can't do something...OOO that just makes me want to do it more just to prove them wrong! I can't stand it.

Anyways.... I trained for 2 weeks....I know...it wasn't very long. Not to mention 5 of those days I was out of town and probably ate like I had never seen food before  And I am not going to sit here and say I ran the whole 3.2 miles....because I didn't. But I did run the first mile then I had to stop, run, stop, run till the end. I said to myself...."self, if you finish this in 45min you did darn good" HA!! I did better the THAT!! I finished in 41min!! Last in my age group, last in my group over all (my counter parts finished 10-15min before me) but I just dont care. I finished. Oh and there was a hill....it was a big hill. I have to hand it the Wynnton Methodist. This thing was well planed and organized. Totally thankful for the free food and drink afterward and the free goodies in my bag. Also thankfull to have great friends/coworkers cheering me on at the finish line. So lucky I have coworkers that I can also call friends.

Also want to take some time to mention the loss of Eric's PopPop. Although he was 84 you would have never guessed or known. He was active, he traveled, drove, volunteered, had a spotless house and a perfectly cut yard. He lived a  full life till the end. He left this world how we would all hope we would, and for that I can't be sad. He didn't have to suffer, or be dependent on anyone.  We all deserve that.

Thats all for now! Hope everyone has a good week!

Mud Mania- "It sounded like a good idea at the time!"

umm....yeah. My friend Leia and I were in the first mile of this GOD AWEFUL course when she asked "why are we doing this?" As I replied "it sounded like a good idea at the time!!"
Now you might be asking what is Mud Mania??? It is a 5k through mud..... Here is 30sec of what I went through Here!

oh and they forgot to mention the mile long river that came up to my waste that I would have to trek down going opposite of the very strong current.....yeah

This wasn't just any mud....this was the kind of mud that would suck your shoes right off your feet.

I also forgot to include the obsticles. Like the 10ft wall I had to scale, tires, cargo net you had to climb across....I forgot all the others. All I got to say it was HARD!!! I think it was the hardest physical thing I have ever done. I told my sister that I think i would have rather given birth unmedicated (which I plan on doing anyway....but thats another story)
This is the start!!

Were so excited.....we (I) had no idea what we were getting ourselves into....OMG....

It started out with this slide 

I go the the bottom of this slide where I managed to slam into someone....the 2 men twice my size slammed into me....it hurt....still feeling that one. 

Eventually we got to the river of death....I  am telling you is was horrible. What made it even worse was the water was soo muddy you couldn't even see your feet so you would randomly step on a tree (or atleast I hope it was a tree)or a sink hole and just fall. The only good thing about it was that is cooled us off. 

As my friend Pam said I think this is the only time I smiled the whole time...

After this I lost my group because I had to stop and attempt to get the inch of mud out of my shoe.....it did not work. I ended up finishing the race alone. But I FINISHED!!! No one thought I would....mostly myself...but I did. I finished last....but I finished my first 5 k ever!!! I dont have my official time, but I know it was atleast and 1:30min...who cares I finished!!

yep thats me....that small black dot...all alone!

Now dont get me wrong. I am glad I did it. I did have fun with friends. And look I didn't even get that dirty! (thanks the that darn river!) YAY for team building and stronger bonds! Love these girls!

Plus...

If this dude can do it I have no excuses!!! And neither do YOU!!

I will now prepare myself for next year

• all terrain water shoes are a must
• be prepared for the water
• keep up with the team 
• only one person down the slide at a time. 

pictures courtesy of Mud Mania on Facebook