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On one of my first posts on this blog first part of the year I mentioned some things I was hoping to accomplish this year. One of them was jogging in a 5K before i turn 40 later this year. I did it!!!! Last weekend was the Woman Can Run 5K in Conway. I had been going to the clinic this spring when i could...but even when due to scheduling conflicts i couldn't go...i kept up with the training schedule. I wasn't worried about time. And it's a good thing......as i really jog super-slow. :-) As it was even a few minutes slower than i was hoping for. Oh well.....i jogged the whole thing. And maybe next time i can cut a minute or so off. We'll see. Really great feeling of accomplishment since the last time I did the clinic was 5 years ago and at the end i wasn't ready to jog a whole 5K. But that summer kept 'training' and was ready definitely in October for the Race for the Cure. But oh my gosh....why didn't i realize that unless you are really a serious runner there is really no way you can 'jog' in the pack of 50,000. I was very very disappointed....can't even put into words. And was upset with myself for being disappointed too since i knew that's not what the race was all about. Then came 2007 and ISAAC! And now fast-forward to 2011 and knew if i was going to do it....had to be this year. My parents and Izy were all there at the finish line.....which was really nice! Even though i could barely breathe......i grabbed onto Izy and held my sweet bug! That was how I envisioned it! Bless his heart he knew mommy was jogging and he had been a part of the clinics and prep work....having to let someone else watch him at times so i could do it. And when i'd come to pick him up at school and be sweaty or in my 'other' clothes...he'd say...mommy did you jog? :-) Love that boy!

Up next is a 5K that i wanted to do the minute I first heard of it back in 2007. The Dillon 5K race in Tulsa for the children. Very excited to be a part of that! And my dad is planning to do it with me. He will walk and he walks faster than i jog. I know....sad but true. Hopefully we can meet halfway in the middle. :-)

I have a picture of Isaac and me after the race that i can hopefully post later.