I am super excited that I ran 6.2 miles this morning - so I am going to tell you my thoughts/feelings about it! (I need to stop comparing my accomplishments to others.) Nikki and I met at Wash Park this morning to do our log run before the Bolder Boulder. The BB is a 10k race (6.2 miles), and the only people I have known to run it were qualifying in the first few waves. 5 months ago, Nikki and I decided after the 5k that we were going to run the Bolder Boulder. We talked about doing a qualifying race to get into one of the qualifying waves, but opted to go with one of the running non-qualifying waves. I have been running for it, and have been seriously working my butt off. My husband loves the way I feel about myself, and today, I really understand why! I had never run over 4.5 miles, and today I did 6.2! I am going to keep saying it because I am in awe of myself for doing it! I want to scream it to the world.... I am trying not to scream it, as I my friends did 20 miles more than me this morning. But Whoo Hoo! We had planned to do 5.5 miles, but after around 5 miles, I said "If we make it to 5.5 miles, maybe we should keep going to see how far. Maybe we can make 6.2 just to see if we can do it!" And she said she would. That was how I got to the 5k - just keep going! I know that I couldn't do it by myself. it helped so much that I had her by my side. She pushed me, and I pushed her. That is how I know we will rock it during the BB. And, we did it in 70 min 48 sec. Our wave is a sub 70 minute, so we only have to shave off 48 seconds!
Okay, I am going to go have a water fight with my boys now. Have a great rest of the day everyone!
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