Our first race!

Phil and I had our first race Saturday, a 5k. I’d been looking forward to it for at least a month, but all day Friday I had “pre race jitters”. I don’t know what I was uptight about, to be honest. I had no expectations, aside from finishing the race. Hard to mess that up when it’s only 3.1 miles. Phil wasn’t anxious in the least but the closer it got, the worse I felt. As it turned out it was a great experience. I ran faster than I’d expected, the views were fantastic, and I felt really good during and after. And then I was tired all day & ended up with a migraine. Still, I have no regrets. We’re going to try and run as many races as possible this summer, ideally every weekend.

Things I learned this time:

~ Eat well the night before because the morning of the race I won’t want to eat anything. (I choked down some eggs, though.)

~ 30 minutes into it feels FREAKING AWESOME.

~ 31 minutes into it feels freaking awesome except I feel like throwing up.

~ Having lots of support there makes a world of difference.

~ I need to do something to prevent future migraines. Maybe drink more water ahead of time?

I was fortunate to have my sisters, my mother and father in law, and some of my kids there cheering for me along the way. It was really a lot of fun.