Vail Jingle Bell 5K Run
Today was the first time ever that I have run in a 5K run! I am not a runner, and would prefer to walk for my exercise. I would even prefer to walk at a steep incline on our treadmill rather than run!! So, what got me into running in this 5K, was a couple months ago, I told Jim and the boys that they were going to get to run in this 5K at Cienega (the high school the boys go to). Nathan is a cross country runner and knew it wouldn't be tough for him, Aaron can just run...when he wants, and Jim also is a runner. But, not me! Well, Nathan didn't think that was fair that they were all running in the race and not me. So, I told Nathan that I would do it...but I would probably come in last place. I started to try to train for it. I figured out how many laps I needed to do around our property to equal 5K, and I also ran on our treadmill. My first goal was to run/walk it in less than 45 minutes. Then, after I figured out that I could run/walk it in less than 40 minutes, I was feeling pretty good. Today, I actually had my best time, 35:06. Now, to you runners, that's pathetically slow, but for me, it's an achievement. I actually walked for less than 5 minutes of the entire 5K. That's huge for me! There is another 5K in 4 weeks. Maybe I can get my time less than 33 minutes!!
Nathan easily "jogged" the entire way and got a time of about 23:40, much slower than his normal cross country time. Jim isn't sure what his time was, somewhere around 26-27 minutes. Aaron didn't run. He had to give some blood yesterday and felt like he shouldn't run. He was there to give us moral support, and hold keys, and take stuff to the car, and to take pictures, and whatever else we needed him to do! :-)
Now, to explain the title of this post. When Aaron was a baby, when he was excited about something, he would say things in a pattern such as "look Daddy look Daddy look Daddy look!" or "this Mama this Mama this Mama this!" It was very cute!
And, they're off!
Nathan, Brian, Shelbi, and Josh
Nathan and Shelbi (they're hardly breaking a sweat!)
Jim almost at the end.
Go Jim Go!
She actually made it and wasn't in last place!
Nathan with a couple of his cross country friends and Marilee Weston
