For my birthday in April, I got registered for the Color Run. I have never done an official 5k and was so excited to do this. I told my mom about it and she said she had it on her bucket list, so she joined in too! What a lucky gal am I?
We got up mighty early to make it to Salt Lake. You might say that I got up on the “wrong side of the house” at the beginning. It was all I could do not to get upset at everyone and everything – the joys of being pregnant with little sleep.
We started out all white and clean-
And 33 minutes later had finished our 5k! The girls (surprised,but not surprised) did amazing and our speaker system on our stroller was a hit with all the other people! It was truly a joy to run it. I was SO happy and content on the way home. Really, a different person. Nothing like a run to get you in a good mood.
I have to mention that my goal was 38 minutes. I hadn’t been able to run since the beginning of March before I got so sick from this pregnancy, so I was worried how I would do. So to do 33 minutes where each mile was faster than the last (negative splits – info from my amazing hubby) was truly astounding to me.
And I need to mention because it will go down in our Thomas family history that after 1/2 mile, all I could do was tell Dan that I needed to pee. I for sure thought there would be a bathroom half way. Dan was even considering asking someone who was out in the their yard if we could use their bathroom – what a good hubby. But I think that is what helped me go faster with each mile. I ran right through the finish line and didn’t stop until the bathrooms.
I loved watching the girls get colorful. We had fun coloring each other with our bombs when it was over.
Don’t you love Abi’s RAD pose here?
And her free nature here?
We did it… and I LOVE that we did it as a family with my mom in hand. It was the best birthday present I could have been given and I will cherish these memories forever… and beat my time next year :)
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