My first running race!

I have never been a runner.  I think it's hard.  When I would run the mile in middle school, I used to pray that I would pass out so I wouldn't ever have to run the mile again.  Since the Spring, I've been running a little.  By little I mean 1-1.5 miles.  I'm not fast either.  I run about a 13-minute mile.  If I were to run a marathon, that would take me a little less than 6 hours.  Not.fast.  However, I do like how fast my heart rate comes up and when the weather is nice, it feels good to be outside early in the morning.

All that being said, I saw a glow in the dark fun run in our community and thought it might be fun for me and kids.  We didn't run the 5K because I'm too much of a chicken.  We just ran the 1-mile fun run.

Light up rings were in the swag bag and Maxine thought they were awesome.  Yikes.

Jack, who is fastest, ran ahead and won 2nd place in his age division!!

He's won medals before because of his speed.  I think it's amazing!

The girls ran ahead of me and got off the trail.  They headed down the 5K trail and had to double back.  I ended up finishing first but they ran more than I did.

They were all tuckered out by the time we got home.  My impressions of my first race were good.  I felt like I pushed harder than normal.

Update:  It must have really wiped me out because I have run for 2 months.  I didn't run again until Christmas Eve.  How silly is that?