Ok…so there are a few things I wasn’t expecting this morning.

I wasn’t expecting 38 degrees when I woke up to run 4 miles. I also wasn’t expecting to wear many more clothes than i normally do when i run, and i wasn’t expecting that with the cold my underwear would slip while I was running…but don’t worry, by mile 1 it had settled nicely and wouldn’t present a problem for the rest of the race. (I just thought you’d all like to know about that.)

I woke up nervous. Silly…nervous??? I “run.” Why should this run make me any more nervous than any other…perhaps could it be because there were A LOT of other people that were going to be running with me…probably much faster than me…probably passing me… After all, it should just be another nice 4 mile jog.  I tried to calm myself down on the drive there with a little RENT soundtrack. Pretty much worked until I stepped out of the van, dressed for winter and was still cold. It just got colder as the layers started coming off.

I’d love to tell you that I’m a good enough runner to take my camera with me…I’m not.

I’d love to tell you that I even thought about taking it with me this morning so i’d have it at the end…I didn’t.

But Beth did!

I’d love to tell you that I ran the whole thing…so I will. Ran it. Ran it. Ran it.

I even ran it in the time I wanted. I was just aiming under 50:00.

Time says 49:17.

I’m just proud of myself…doing something I really never thought I’d do.

And…here is my children’s favorite part of the race…enjoying the ding dongs they had at the end! We decided it was too cold for them to join me out there at the finish line…so I brought a little race home to them. I think they think exercising and cake go together now. Maybe they should.

I realized though that I’ve been depriving my boy of the joy of ding dongs…the look on his face reminds me that I wasn’t the only one with a first today…Mom = first race, Ev = first ding dong.

Ahhh…more to come…for both of us, I’m sure.