Our first 5K

I forgot to mention that on the morning of Rod's birthday celebration we ran our first 5k: The Law Day Run. After being inspired by watching my rockstar friends Mitter and Val run the 12 and full marathon, respectively, I agreed to do the 5k with Alisha and Cristina (even though I only had 2 weeks to train). Rod, who did not train even once, decided to be supportive and run it with me. I would have been mad that he could run it without training (especially because he is so much faster than me) except that his running a couple hundred yards ahead of me gave me a great view for the whole race. :)

We were both questioning our decision to run when we were up by 7 a.m. on a cold RAINY Saturday morning. Rod doesn't generally get up that early even on a weekday and especially not on his Birthday. Going into our expectations were set low: run the whole thing without stopping. Goal accomplished. Even though our time (Rod waited for me to do the last mile) was somewhat slow (35 minutes), we were both just glad to be done (and to get out of the rain).

We celebrated with a yummy brunch at Judge McHugh's house. It was a good way to start what would be a really perfect day.