Goal Accomplished!

When I was about  8 months pregnant I decided that after I had the baby I was going to train for and run a 10K. I knew that if I had a goal in mind it would be much easier to get back into shape post baby. Since I had to have a c-section it postponed the training. I had 6 weeks to get ready for the race after not running for about 7-8 months. Blaine, the master runner, set up a great schedule for me where I would gain about a mile each week in my runs. Every Saturday was a long run which I would do with Blaine so he could help with Nolan. Nolan isn't that great in the jogging stroller yet. He gets bored I think and wants to be held after about 20 minutes. 

Well, after 6 weeks of diligent training, today arrived...race day. The race began at 6:00am (whose idea that was I don't know) and we had to be there at 5:30am. We had to leave our house by 5am! It was an early morning. 

The whole family was geared up for the big race and it seemed as if Nolan was doing pretty good. 

      

At about 1/2 mile in though the tides turned. Nolan started getting a fussy. Blaine told me to keep running and they would catch up. So, that's just what I did. I made it to 2 miles, then 3 miles, then the turn around point...no Blaine and Nolan. By that point I realized that they weren't going to be doing the run with me. So I carried on. At 5 miles there was Blaine and Nolan cheering me on! Blaine had made it to 1.5 miles carrying Nolan and pushing the jogger stroller (such a stud) when Nolan was getting really fussy. He changed his diaper, tried to give him his bottle...nothing. So he knew the race was done for them. Nolan fell asleep real quick after that.

 

(Nolan sleeping against dad...love it!)

That meant that I was to finish the race alone, but with my favorite 2 guys waiting for me at the finish line. I ran through at a record time for myself from all my training and felt good! I wasn't tired. I was hungry though! It felt so good to accomplish something that I had really been working hard at and especially to do it with the incredible support of my husband. He was so kind to pull out of the race to take care of our son and make sure I was going to finish so I could accomplish my goal. I love him! 

It was a lot of fun and maybe there is a half marathon or triathalon in my future...hmmmm?!