Race Report-Dash around the Square

Saturday I did a 5K in my sister-in-law's town. She was going to do it with me, but had strep throat, so I did it all alone in a very unfamiliar town with an ipod that wasn't charged; therefore, no tunes. :(

However, I had fun. The hubby and kids came (which is rare) and snapped my first ever "in action" racing photos! This is me so super happy to see my family (because the race was almost over). I've been having some pretty bad calf and ankle pain for about a month. This race was a little better, but the pain has required frequent walking breaks. :( The cute knee-high Christmas socks had began to ride down at this point. Oh well. The kids were doing this before I got close enough for them to cheer.

I finished in 30:15, which I was more than okay with due to the frequent walking breaks. I could tell I felt better than the week before and the time showed that. The week before the breaks were super frequent and my time was 31:11.

I don't have any more 5Ks on the schedule until January, so I am going to try to work out the issues with the calf and ankle and start 2011 strong.

I am working on Christmas cards this week. If you want to be the lucky recipient of a Christmas card from me, email me your address! littlemp at gmail dot com!

I hope all of the Christmas festivities are going well for y'all! I have been baking up a storm! And thanks for the well wishes on our fundraiser. It's this Saturday and we are really expecting a great turn out. A small group from my graduating class (the girl we are raising money for is a little sister of a classmate) is going to go eat Mexican afterward and I am so excited to catch up with some of them!

Have a good week!