Sprint for Life - My first 5K!

We did it!


Toya (and baby Bryson), Isjonle, Tamesha, me, Stacey, Traci, Tone (in the back)

First, I'd like to take this time to thank my team of runners (Cocoa Cruisers) in the MD Anderson Sprint for Life 5K Run/Walk. I appreciate you all stepping up to the plate and adding to the excitement of my 1st race.

Next, for everyone wondering... YES I fell off (I'll talk about that in the next post). I havent really kept up with the 5K program but I was still determined to do the race. I am not a quitter completely. Anyway, my time was 45 minutes so I am averaging a little under a 15 minute mile. Which isnt that good really - but I am holding strong. I ended up running the first mile completely... and felt good doing it. This was also the first water stop.

(Sidebar - You know, I've always wanted to run by someone handing me a cup of water, grab the cup and take a swig, and throw it on the ground like they do in the televised marathons. It's like they dont miss a beat. Unfortunately, it was not like that in this race. No one was cleaning up behind us so we had to toss the cups in the trash. Period.)

At any rate, it was Houston - and although the race started at 7:30 in the morning, it was hot by start time. And by the time I got to the second mile, it was really hot. So I sipped on some water and walked... ran a bit longer then walked. I never really could get that stride back that I had in the first mile. Either way, here I am crossing the finish line and I've decided to run again over Father's day weekend. Enjoy!