Over the last few months I have been preparing for the Big D Climb. I didn’t have much time to think about the 5K I was running the weekend after. Maybe that was best because I didn’t get to really think about it until I was standing in line at the start line. All my other crew from the gym were in different corral’s. I had registered late because I wasn’t sure my doctor would let me do it so soon. Then it hit me why are you here? What in the world were you thinking when you signed up for this? How can I get out of this crowd of people? WHERE IS THE EXIT? About that time a horn went off and everyone started moving forward, GREAT I’M STUCK. I’ll have to just run now and hope I can make it to the finish line.
So glad I didn’t let that little voice in me win over the power of what is inside of me. Once I started running I remembered why I was there. To mark a line through another goal on my list. To prove to myself that I was winning my restored life journey. In the first mile I ran and ran just like Shelly had taught me to run. To take long strides with my legs and arms. She taught me it was less painful that way. It took me a few minutes to relax my body and just let it flow. Once I did I loved the feeling of running in a race. It kinda gives you this power that you can do anything. At mile marker 1 I was starting to feel tight in my legs around my incisions. I tried to ignore it but it got worse with every pound of my feet on the ground. By mile marker 2 I slowed my pace and pushed on. With only about a 1/2 mile left I slowed to a jog and my legs felt so heavy. With mile marker 3 insight I slowed to a quick walk and finished the race that way.
I was surprised at myself I wasn’t really up set. I knew from the start that I was not going to run all of it. I thought I would maybe do a mile and walk the rest. I knew only 10 weeks after surgery I would be good to just walk. My legs are getting stronger and stronger every day. I’m looking forward to my next 5K when I run the entire race start to finish. These are my stats, not the best but not last place by any means.
Setting goals are daily for me. I conquer one and add one more to the list. I’m not sure where the peak is for me I just know I’m loving the feeling of the win. Maybe there isn’t a peak, maybe I’ll just keep adding goals until I’m to old to care. Living life to its fullest is my motto these days to do what I want and pass by those things that don’t entertain me. All I know is that I’m loving my life and all its fullness. I’m happier than I’ve been all my life. I trust in my faith and God. I’m in love with all that is offered to me everyday I wake up. I’m living a Blue Happy Life.
