A Good Friend, A Good Run, A Good Cause

I've haven't been running since the beginning of October because my feet needed to heel up quite a bit.  I've been feeling really down, lazy and tired because I'm not able to do anything because the pain was terrible and then went to tolerable but I knew that doing anything would cause the pain to increase.  I was pumped to run two 5K's this month but slowly watched as I let these events slide from my view as the pain in my foot was not leaving. Plus, it turned off much colder than what we are used to in November!  We sat at dinner Friday night and I get a text from a very good friend sent me a text saying she had been running that night and it wasn't too cold after about 10 minutes and that she wanted to run Saturday night and if I would be up for it.  My heart screamed YES YES YES! My mind---EXCUSES! It's too cold (36 degrees Friday night), I haven't run in a month, my foot is going to hurt to bad.  My heart won the fight and I made arrangements for Jacilayne and signed up for the run at a little before midnight! Even though I hadn't ran in over a month, I managed to make it a mile before I had to stop to tie my shoes, and then kept on another half to 3/4 mile, managing to make it up the dreaded hill the first time and halfway the 2nd! That half walk up the hill might of been 1 minute and then two more stops later on for maybe 20 seconds.  I finished the 5K in a little over 43 minutes.  I was pretty proud! I have to give a shout out to my good friend!  She rocked that run and I am so proud of her! She finished in 34 minutes! I needed this run! I needed it for myself! I needed it for my confidence, energy, determination, motivation! I'm glad I have a friend close by that I can run with (hopefully)!

So to you Joey Scherler, Thank You for asking me and making me want to do it! It was a pleasure to be there with you even though we didn't get to really run together!

        Before the race, so excited!                        After the race! Clearly, I'm about to die!