From 47:32 to 36:55 in just over 2 months

Have I told you all that I have taken up Running??? Really I have... please stop laughing... I'm being serious.

Ok so with everything that had happened in February I decided that I needed an outlet for myself besides Knitting and Scrapbooking. So I took up Running. I did the best I could to get some training in before my 1st race on Mother's Day. I felt like I didn't do too badly for my first race with a time of 47:32 (47 minutes and 32 seconds). I knew that it wasn't the best result but it was my 1st race and I was happy with it. I then signed up for another race (which was today) and hoped that my time would be much better than my 1st race.

There were a couple of differences in the two races besides my times. On Mother's Day the weather was slightly cool and I felt good running with a Jog Bra and a T-shirt over it. Today the weather was still cool but the sun was beating down on me. I was so warm I felt like taking my t-shirt off and revealing the Jog Bra but that would have meant also revealing part of my belly that hasn't totally recovered from having twins in it. I'm so not ready for that. Another big difference was that I didn't really get a chance to train much for today's race. Unless you want to define training as constantly chasing twins, going up and down 3 flights of stairs numerous times in a day usually with a baby in my arms or hauling bags of luggage, laundry or groceries, going for walks with and without a double stroller around town and on vacation, lifting 20 lb babies (sometimes both at once) and walking places while holding a baby. So in essence I did squat training wise.

Somehow though I actually had a respectable time during the race with 36:55. My splits at 1 mile and 2 miles were great 10:?? and 22:??. It wasn't till I reached Mile 3 and got that split that I realized I might just beat my 1st race's time. I think it was something like 33 or 34:?? . Anyway as I crossed the line and my chip beeped (that was another big difference.. there were chips to make sure that all the times were accurate), I saw that I really had beat my time by almost 10 minutes. I was so ecstatic but also tired.. and sore. After chatting with some friends that had also run the race and cheered me on as I crossed the finish line, I decided that I needed a shower and some breakfast. So I headed home to Lee and the girls but not before being invited to join my friends who had also run today's race in the Running Club that they are part of. Cool. I might just do it.. It will keep me honest and make me accountable in my training for future 5Ks.