5k you say??

I HATE running, but for some reason I have become obsessed with it! I think a lot has to do with running my first 5k back in January. There is really something very cool about running with a bunch of other people. It kinda keeps you motivated to finish. PLUS I am a pretty competitive person, so I like to see if I can better my time. I want to get my 3.1 miles done in 30 minutes or less. I am on my way, but I still am working on it.

I just got done yesterday running a 4 mile, called the Trolley Run. It was for kids that have vision disability's. I went back and forth on running this one, because it was on a Sunday. I have SO many responsibility's at church on Sundays that it is hard for me to miss. With it heavy on my heart I decided to run it. I ran it for a little girl that is so very dear to me. Her name is Phoebe. She is 7 years old and she has a strong possibility that she could go blind. Right now she has a lot of problems with her eyes due to an infection that has attached its self to the back of her eye and brain. She has no depth perception and it causes her physical pain when in bright light. She is a normal 7 year old, except to the fact that she is going blind! I admire her for here strength and bravery! So I did it for her!

The next race that I plan on is the Warrior Dash. Okay it is a little more than a 5k. They say that it is the most hellish 3.1 miles that you will ever do! LOL! Sounds like fun to me! I am doing this one with my Sis~in~law and her Sunday School class. Nothing like jumping over fire and climbing a wall, oh yeah and crawling through mud under barbwire to kick off my training for my triathlon! If that does not sound insane enough to you, then try running this one on July 30th, during the hottest part of the summer in the mid-west! LOL! That sound crazy to me! It will be a TON of fun! I will have to get my inner GI Jane on for this one!

So I guess that I have become a runner, because of my fear of not keeping up with exercising. If I keep signing up for races then I have to train for them, so that mean going to the gym! ;)

Side note! There is this woman at the gym, that I cannot help but stare at her! She is amazing! I want her hamstrings! Haha! Never thought that I would say I wanted someone's hammies! She has a rocken awesome body. I am sure that I would look like that too, if I could just loose the fat on me. I have TONS of muscle, it is just covered by the "jelly" LOL!! **sigh** one day...