A Trot Victory

So I want to catch up a little bit and tell about Thanksgiving! It was an action packed week with my sister in town, my aunt & family & Craig's brother & fiance! Needless to say it flew by, but we started it all of with a great run in the Turkey Trot! I have been "training" for the 10K for the last couple months because it is the longest run I have attempted and remember, running is just not in my blood. Emily vowed to do it with me and I am so glad she was by my side, along with Sara Steiner. It was also fun because we found out last minute that Doug's fiance, Sarah Harvey (whom I love!) was going to run it too!

So it was somewhat of a rough start for me, we ran from our car to the race down the street because we didn't want to be late. Then before the race had even begun I had to go to the bathroom SOOO bad and there was literally, a mile line to the "porta's" and I hadn't even checked in. So I ran and got in line at the bathrooms by the race line and was freaking out because Emily & Sarah were waiting for me at the check in's while I was going to the bathroom. Well the girl in front of me told me there were bathrooms by the check-in, so I ran back to the check-in's and the line was long there. Emily was able to check me in and I grabbed my shirt and realized that now I had to carry it and I already had 2 shirts on (I heard it was going to be cold). So then I had 3 shirts on. Great. So I threw it on and ran back to the bathrooms by the race line, hoping to get in before it started. Luckily, the girl that had been in front of me saved me a spot in line and I waited as the race announcer kept dropping the time until start. So with 1 minute left I made it to the bathroom! I did my thing and just as I closed the door, the gun was shot! I ran over to Emily and Sarah Steiner and we just hopped into the race! We were lucky because we sneaked into the huge jogging crowd of thousands of people and had a good start. But by the time I started the race, I felt like I had already ran 1 mile, lost everything in my bladder & bowels (sorry for too much info) and hadn't stretched a whole lot! Needless to say it was a tough run, I think because of all that and it was super humid and drizzled here and there. But I feel so proud because I didn't stop the whole time and I made it under 1 hour! That was mine & Emily's only goal this time, to not stop. Simple enough but I am so proud that I did it. It was fun too because I ended up jogging with not only Emily but my future sister-in-law Sarah. We decided we would be jogging buddies from here on out and we also convinced Craig & Doug to run it with us next year! I think I want to make a habit of doing runs like this, it is fun & helps me to stay in shape.

Action Shot!

There is not a better feeling than being done with a good hard run- We all went out on a family bike ride - I remembered how fun it was to ride a bike! I would love to invest in beach cruisers sometime. Cute pic of the soon-to-be newly weds

I also worked at a food bank in Phoenix last week! It was sad at times to see people that were there that really needed help and were so grateful for the food. But of course there were some grumpy ones that were definitely living off the government. It was a really cool experience thoguh & they gave us all free turkeys! Oh how I love extra turkey, it makes for extra easy dinners.