NWR Today

This post is not wedding related (NWR) but it is something I would like to share with my readers.

Last Saturday Dan and I ran in a 5K (3.1 miles) race. We have been training hard for the last 6 weeks trying to get in shape and have enough endurance to run the race during the whole 3 miles. A few years ago Dan and I ran/walked our first 5K race. We didn't train at all and we really just participated for fun. This time however we had higher hopes.

Our goal times: Jeni-36mins (my fastest time during training was 35mins), Dan-30mins

Our results: Jeni-33:17:38 (~11min/mile), Dan 27:01:88 (~9min/mile)

I have to mention that with my time I placed first in my age group. No one told me until after that there were only two women in the group. So I wear my first place medal with pride even though I could do no worse than second. Dan unfortunately didn't place in his age group but he still raced his best and that is all that matters.

Dan and I both beat our goals and our best times by a long time but we had a good time. Well let me rephrase. Once we were finished and we could be happy about our times and progress in our running endurance we felt good. At least for me I hit many walls and had to fight through the pain and tiredness but we made it. It is a good feeling (I speak for Dan too) to finish the race and to get ready for more. With the winter being a hard time to run I may have to convert to a gym environment and bike or elliptical during the winter but in the spring I would like to get back into running and try perhaps a 10K (~6miles) next summer.

So hopefully the endurance helps me to dance all night long. Oh there we go with the wedding again. Oops :)