I made it!

The 5K run was today and I made it the entire way through! Here's a play by play of my thought process (times are approximate).

6:40am - Alarm Clock rings. What is going on? OH...I have to run this morning...I guess I am not sick and I have to do this...five more minutes

6:42am - How mad would Chris be if I "forgot" to set alarm?

6:43 - Urghhhhhh...just get up now or else.

6:48 - Om, downward dog, triangle pose, half moon pose

7:10 - I thought yoga was supposed to make me feel better? I am having an adverse reaction to this run. Wake up Chris.

7:25 - I am staring at bacon and eggs and I don't want to eat it. There is definitely a problem here. Chris is being annoying perky and supportive. I don't him to be supportive. I want him to say let's go back to sleep.

7:30 - Going to the bathroom for the 8th time. I will not have to go when we get to the place.

7:45 - Get on metro

8:10 - Get to Freedom Plaza. Have to go pee. I knew I shouldn't have had any water.

8:25 - Meet other Fleet Feet runners. We warm up and get pinned.

8:50 - Start to line up. Big sigh of relief. There are a lot of people here I couldn't possibly be the absolute last person. I vow to run no matter what at the end if there is going to be a tie for last.

9:00 - Runners off. I am somewhere in the middle.

9:07 - This is it. Running and trying not hit people. Bobbing and weaving was not a part of the training.

9:11 - Tired. I should have run more outside. Mental note: treadmills are awesome.

9:22 - Near mile one and the "runners" have already cycled back. I can't tell if that motivation or not.

9:23 - Not. Walking. Where is the water?

9:24 - 9:35 - Walking. Cheating is wrong. Cheating is wrong. How embarrassed would you be if someone caught you.

9:40 - Yay...I am back on Pennsylvania Avenue. I can run now. I've seen the police car and the very last people on the other side. I am definitely not last!

9:46 - Tired. Almost there. Do other people have strawberry Popsicles?

9:58 - DONE! Absolutely no desire to do a repeat.

10:05 - Strawberry Popsicles are the best reward ever! Perhaps that should be a part of their marketing campaign.