Just wanted to share a personal achievement that I achieved this past weekend. As many of you know, I started running back in January of this year. I started out by running 1/4 of a mile and walking the rest until I had completed 4 miles. I slowly increased my distance by 1/4 of a mile each week and by summer time I was running 4 miles five to seven days a week. I continued this pace up until I had my surgery in July. Then I had a major set back as I couldn't do any excercise for a full 6 weeks. After that I had to slowly build my running back up. My goal was to run a 5k to start with and then set a higher goal after accomplishing a 5k. Well, Saturday I got my opportunity to run my first 5k Turkey Trot run.....and much to my amazement I came in First Place for my age category. I was extremely shocked. Thanks to my wonderful coach....who pushed me harder than I have ever ran before. I received a nice trophy and was excited to take it to school today and share it will all my kids to try to motivate them. I am looking forward to my next run on December 2 when I will be running the Jingle Bell run with a few of my friends.
