I did it! In the midst of a very very stressful week of work, Two bad hips, physical therapy and an emergency first time trip to the chiropractor that a friend scheduled for me...I ran in my first 5k race. I surprised myself with how well I did, and I was immensely surprised by how much I love the whole racing scene. The people, the atmosphere were awesome. After a mile and a half warm up watching my friend off to her 10k and walking to my 5k start with other friends...my hip was all warmed up. A few stretches and three sports bras later, I was off. Maybe it was Beyonce's single ladies, maybe it was everyone running around me, maybe it was my friends running with me today and training with me over the last few months, maybe it was because I have wanted to do this for so long and adrenaline kicked in...whatever it was, I was off, and pain free. I had to walk up two hills, my hips couldn't take it, but other than that, I ran the whole time. Finishing with a very acceptable time of 36 minutes 42 seconds. I am officially addicted. I feel so good about myself and so proud of myself. I had a few pretty crappy set backs, but did it! There is nothing I like better than setting a goal and accomplishing it. I NEVER thought I would be a runner. Number 10 has officially been checked off my Bucket List, and as I am looking at my list, number 18 can be checked off too..throwing someone a surpise party. And so can number 21, get into grad school. I haven't checked the list in the while, and I am making some progress. GREAT day today, cannot wait to do it again!
Taking a mental health day off of school tomorrow to regroup, reprioritize and take a day off of stress...a day to take care of myself for once.
Enjoy this beautiful day!
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