Race Day!

I've been running. Slowly, but I've been running. One thing that really helps motivate me to keep running is to register for a race, so when I found a race right near home I went for it. Krista signed up too, and we were excited to run a race together. This would be Krista's very first race. I was excited to run it with her :) As we trained, however, it was clear that I would not keep up with her...but at least we'd start together. Race day came bright and early. We thought both of our families would be there, but Eliott had worked the night before, so he stayed home with Katie, and Edgar wasn't feeling all that great, so he stayed with Eli & Leah. It was okay, though. We had fun just the two of us. Because it was just us I didn't take my camera, so this is the only picture I have...the 'before' picture. Krista got some with her phone, but I forgot to have her send them to me. She got the 'after' picture...not sure you want to see that anyway :)

The race was good. My goal for the race really was accomplished before I even started. I had registered for it to motivate me to run...and it had worked. Unfortunately, however, I think because I had very low ambitions for the race, I lived up to them. I wouldn't say I'm disappointed, but I really thought I'd do a little better. Oh well. The course was a lot harder than I thought it would be. It was off-road, which I knew about...but there were a lot of sandy spots, and several inclines. (As a side note...the race was the route that Edgar and I used to run years ago before we were even dating. It's really where we got to know each other. It was a bit sentimental...for about 100 yards...then it was just painful.) As soon as I started I knew it was going to be a long race...my legs felt tired from the very start. I ended up walking quite a bit and finished with a time (by my watch) of 37:49. I didn't feel like I ran super hard, or gave it my best...but my legs WERE tired the next day, so I must have done some work :) I also forgot my mp3 player, so I ran without music which I don't usually do. I think I might just blame it all on that :)

Krista did great. I don't remember her time, but she was waiting at the finish line when I crossed, which was super nice to see. Because it was off-road and in the woods, there really wasn't anyone cheering for you, so it was fun to have someone cheering me on at the end :) We have plans to do another race together...that is on the road.

Afterwards we went to Einsteins and got bagels and coffee-YUM! That always makes a run worth it :)

After that Jennifer and the kids came over to decorate cookies and cupcakes. I didn't take any pictures of that either...but you can see the pictures Jennifer took HERE. They were yummy and very fun to decorate.

That evening we went to Eric & Leilani's house for a Passover Seder. It was a nice evening. Always a very interesting evening to attend a Seder. So neat to see how Jesus fulfilled so many of the things that Passover represents. Again, however, I did not take pictures. Such an eventful day, and I only took one picture...

I got home and put the finishing touches on some things for Easter Sunday, and went to bed excited to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus the next day!