I ran the WHOOOLLLLE thing!

The Atlanta Track Club hosts this race every year on the last Saturday in March. This was my second year to participate. Nine hundred of us girls lined up at 8AM in the freezing cold (OK, it was 35 degrees, but still…) sporting thermal tights, gloves and earmuffs. My run went something like this:

Mile 1: Dear GOD its cold!
Mile 1.5: WOW do I ever need to pee…I should NOT have finished that bottle of gatorade.
Mile 2: OK, my legs weigh a metric ton and this SUCKS.
Mile 2.5: Another *^%$@ hill???
Mile 3: Hey, this feels goood!

All said, it was VERY fulfilling, and the t-shirt rocks. I even had my own personal cheerleader…THANKS, Matt, for getting up early on a freezing morning and standing in the cold to cheer and whistle for me. That was way cool.

So…this 5K is done. I believe I’m going to enter another next weekend and start getting serious about training for the Peachtree. After that…a half marathon??? Wish me luck!!