Gladden Farms 10K

Awhile ago, I decided I wanted to become a runner. And, I did! :) This past weekend I ran in my first ever 10K! Yay! 

I've been planning on running a 10K with my sister-in-law Kati in Marana for a couple months now, and the time finally came! My Mom came down this past Tuesday, and when she went home on Wednesday Macy talked us into letting her go with Grandma, and we would just pick Macy up that weekend when we went down to Marana for my race. Thursday after we had our Halloween party I started to feel a little weird, but just chalked it up to staying out too late and having too many sweets, so I went to bed hoping I'd feel better the next day. I woke up Friday with a head-cold- the headache, sinus pressure, runny nose whole bit. Kyle kept telling me that if I didn't feel good then we didn't have to go, but I really wanted to run and we needed to pick up Macy. We headed down to Marana and hoped for the best, that I would be feeling better the next day. 

The morning of the race I woke up and felt good for about 10 minutes, and my head started to get back into the sinus pressure headache. I popped some sudafed and got some Ibuprofen and prayed that I would be able to run. We started our race and I felt really good for the first 2-3 miles. After that my head really started to hurt, I would start walking for a little bit until my head stopped pounding and then start running until it started to pound again. At one point I felt like I was going to pass out, so I stopped for 10 seconds or so until the ground stopped spinning and started running again. It was a really long 1 hour and 19 minutes, but I did it. I finished my first 10k! Actually, according to my phone we did 6.45, but we'll go with just a 10k :) I'm really excited that I finished, but I'm also bummed that I didn't run the whole thing. Now my next goal is to run the entire race. The coolest part of the whole thing? The thing that made all the head pounding worth it?! I WON THE RAFFLE! I never win anything, well- I guess I can't say that anymore, but before the raffle I had never won anything- but I did this time! I won $100 for a pair of new running shoes! I was so stoked! I found some shoes that I loved, and spent a total of $10.92! yay! Here is Kati and I at the start line...

 Macy and London waiting for us at the park...

 Daddy reading his new book while watching the girls...

My Mom got some pictures of Kati and I running, but I refuse to post them because I look absolutely ridiculous in all of them :) Stay tuned for more runs in the future!