Saturday, August 9, 2008

First 5k

Today I ran in my first race ever! It was Bear Lake's Raspberry Day's 5k. I ran it with my sister in-law Rebekah, and my friend Heidi and her husband Craig and their brother in-law Eric. They all beat me, but I was happy about my time and progress that I've made. My baby is only 4 months old, I still have 15 lbs of baby weight on me, and I am NOT a natural born runner (I guess that means I just have very limited running experience), but I set 2 goals and I made them both! 1-run the entire 3.1 miles without stopping, and 2-run it in under 30.00 minutes. I ran the entire trail, and I came in at 29.55!!! Thanks to Heidi for running along side of me at the end and cheering me on, or I don't think I would have made it in time! I felt really good after the race, and I hope to run this same race next year and beat my time! I hope to continue to keep on running, and I might even sign up for a 10k this November. Running isn't easy, but I'm learning.

6 comments:

Kathryn O. said...

I am so impressed!! Good job - that's so awesome!

I'm still working my way up to your level :)

kanaboke said...

Yaaaaaay for you Heidi!!! I've always wanted to train for one of those..I'm just not sure when I'd find the time and also, I think I'd die of a heart attack....:-) Anyhoo, I'm so proud of ya!!

Leslie said...

You should be so proud Heidi! To break 30:00 and not walk at all in your FIRST race with a new little baby is SOOO GREAT!!! I hope you had a great time and you so have to sign up for another race this year. Way to go!

Nurse Heidi said...

Hooray!!! Way to go, speedracer : ). My first 5k was over 36 minutes...

Hey, email me about Saturday. We need to iron those details out ASAP.

Susi said...

My hat's off to you Heidi! I'm so proud of you. I need to start that running stuff. I haven't even had a baby, and I still need to lose the 15 I've put on since my wedding. You're amazing!

Much love!

Alicia said...

Wow! You can tell how good of a visiting teacher I am if I didn't even know you were working to run that. So this is my first peek at your blog and I love the family pictures and I am wondering why you are going to New Zealand? That's where my hunny went on his mission! Check out my blog http://koaomojo.blogspot.com/ -- Alicia Otteson