Results!

All things considered, I’m pretty proud of how well I ran the race on Saturday.

Keep in mind, I’m a bit out of shape.

And it was pouring.  POURING… when we started.

🙂

But I finished with a time of 31.42!  Yay me!  I was aiming for 30 min. but I had never finished it with the kids in anything less than 35 min.  so it was a pretty over the top goal.  I’m pleased.

But yes, it was not a pleasant day for a run.  It would have been one of those days that I would have laughed at the idea of going out “for fun” on my own–especially since the kids would also get drenched.  There was thunder for a while beforehand, but it did lighten up about 10 min. into running to a soft rain and finally stopped by the time I was done.  The kids cheered me on from our windows as I ran by, which was fun.

Plus a friend of mine from church and her husband also ran the race too!  We didn’t run much together, but I rode with them so we were able to stand around chatting while we waited for it to start.  It was fun to have someone to talk to!  (Oh, and I forgot to mention that Tim volunteered to watch their 4 kids while they ran, so it was a full house here!)

So, now I keep running and see if I can improve even more over the next few months.