First 5k

Part of being in the Giggle Magazine , Sweatlife BWLC II all of us galls needed to sign up and partake in a 5K run. Most of us decided to do the Town of Tioga run for Haven Hospice. I personally wanted to do this event cause it would take place on St Patties day and also the funds went to what I think was a good cause.

Not being a runner I was really nervous to take part in this event. Hung up on my on issues I thought I would be laughed at or looked down on cause I am not a runner. Hell I am not even in the best of shape. But I am getting there. I felt like I could not do this on my own so I asked my mom to run with me. I knew she would be good support for me and keep me on track with the my running goals. Mom and me had a plan to run 2 mins and walk 1. She had even bought a lil beeper thing to tell us when to run/walk.

The day of the race had come and to much of my surprise. Anybody and everybody, meaning old/young.. skinny/heavy...whatever other adjectives you can think of were at this race. I really was hung up on my own issues of being the "fat girl". Silly me, I fit in just fine. Now the only thing I was nervous about is will I be able to finish and will I slow my mom down. Mom was not worried about the time again she was there to keep me going.

The sound of the start gun goes off and we start by walking until the crowd dies down. We are doing well with our run/ walk plan but my pour mother is having a hard time keeping up with my pace. Here I was so worried that I could not keep up with my healthy, active mother and  she was not able to keep up with me. Mom tells me to go ahead and I do.

I am happy to report I finished strong 339 place out of 422  and my total time was 41:37.. Mom was not to far behind me with 351 place and finish time of 43:23. We are already looking for our next race.