10K Run

On Saturday morning I laced up my shoes to head out and run my first ever 10k race.

To give a little bit of history, back in July or August I joined a running group of women as a way of keeping myself motivated to run. At that time there were five of us and now the group has grown to nine women with another member joining us next week. I'm so glad my friend Michelle convinced me to join even though I originally told her there was no way I could get up that early in the morning to run. If anyone knows me, you'll know that I am SO NOT a morning person. This group runs at 5:30 am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, meaning I have to get up at 5:00 am at least. Crazy? Maybe! But oh so worth it.

As some of you know, I have run a few 5k races over the past year or so and I always said I had no interest in running a 10k. But since everyone else was doing it . . . talk about peer pressure eh?? Due to my recent breathing/reflux issues, I wasn't even sure if I could do it so I left it until the last minute and finally signed up three days before the race. I'm so glad I did . It was a great feeling to actually complete a 10k race!

Here we are before the race began. The sun was shining but the wind was chilly. See how cold we all look?

Here's a picture of Deb and I halfway through. We kept each other company the entire 10k.

Here I am finishing up the race - don't I look thrilled??

And here we all are again after finishing the race. I think the after picture is much better than the before picture! See the sense of accomplishment on our faces?

Thanks TPTW Ladies! It's been a pleasure running with you all. See you all bright and early tomorrow morning. Yawn!