My First Finish Line

It was so exciting to cross my FIRST finish line
on Saturday at the Salt Lake City 5k!!!

{self-portrait taken before the race.}

I wasn't going to run this one. Our family goal was to run in May when we had finished our "Couch to 5K" training. But, Kelly wanted to run this race. He invited the kids who said yes and I knew Soren was not on pace with Kelly and the girls, so I offered to be his buddy. He and I crossed the finish line together and it felt great!

I almost didn't run because of my wicked cold, but I am so happy I decided to participate. It boosted my confidence and made me more excited about training and our next run (which will be Running With Angels at Thanksgiving Point). It also made me want to improve my time- I ran at Soren's pace this time so, hopefully I can get him to pick it up by May 17th!

finishers:
Megan (34:49)
Kate (35:08)
Soren (39:19)
Jennifer (39:19)
Kelly (35:07)
Hooray for us!!

I have to say, running with my kids has been a whole lot of fun! They motivate me and push me and I love having something we do together! It is also fun to run into friends-

Congratulation to all the other people we know who ran on Saturday!
5K: Steph, Troy, Kara, Jocelyn
Half Marathon: Matt, Brian L., Brian W., Robyn and Jared, Hannah

Were you there?

note: My SPT for today was supposed to be all of our groceries packed in our canvas totebags. But I fell asleep after the race and didn't wake-up to get the photo before Kelly had everything put away! (THANK YOU Kelly!!!) So, I consciously saved this post for today as it was the reason for not having my "Go Green" SPT done! Happy Earth Day!!