Well in a few weeks Brent and I will celebrate our 6
th wedding anniversary and it took that long for me to finally warm up to the idea of running my first race :) For those who have known me the longest, I am not a huge fan of running. I love supporting Brent and my dad but it has always been this unattainable and undesirable idea for me. About a month ago, I decided I wanted to try getting in better shape to keep up with Blake :) We were signing up to walk a 1-mile fun run to help support
CHKD. I guess I came up with the idea of training for the mile, keeping it a secret, and then surprising my family the day of the race. Today was race day and everyone was surprised! It was blazing hot but with my wonderful supportive trainer beside me (Brent, of course) I completed my first mile race. I am very excited and proud to have made this
accomplishment. Being honest, I don't think I have the crazy running bug yet but I did enjoy myself and will have to wait and see what comes next :)
Brent ran ahead to catch an action shot. Proof I actually did it :)
Blake was pushed in the stroller by Mimi so he got his own medal. He loved it!
The whole crew of runners & walkers...
Mawmaw, Blake, Uncle Joe, Anna, Aunt Jen, Erin, Mimi, Brent and Bobble
Red faced and happy to have finished! I am so thankful for Brent and how he keeps challenging and supporting me :)
Brent ran ahead to catch an action shot. Proof I actually did it :)
Blake was pushed in the stroller by Mimi so he got his own medal. He loved it!
The whole crew of runners & walkers...Mawmaw, Blake, Uncle Joe, Anna, Aunt Jen, Erin, Mimi, Brent and Bobble
5 comments:
Way to go!!!!
Congrats, Kim!
I have threatened to do some training and surprise everyone by going to Chesapeake to get in a 5K, but I don't have your ambition.
g'pa N.
Now let's see what you can get Brent to do after 6 years that he's never tried. Any thoughts! You did great today and we all were very surprised!
Congratulations, Kim! I am sorry I wasn't able to be part of the masses of people watching you, but I was there in spirit (I couldn't get SHS to change their commencement). Many more miles and races for you in the future!
Press on!
Congratulations Kim on your first run & hope you have many more (along with Brent). Congrats also to Mimi for getting Blake to the finish line & earning his medal. I think I'll just keep pushing our lawn mower around the yard and getting my mile in!
Congratulations Kim! (and Brent and Blake) So proud of you! You know where to come if you get the itch to do the MudRun!
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