It's been awhile!

It's been a couple of months since I've last updated. Summer has kept me pretty busy! I've done a couple of races since my last post.

Firemen's 5K, Midlothian, TX 5/19 


This was a challenging 5k! Fortunately, part of the route was my regular running route. The first part of the race was a bridge that is also a HUGE hill. We had to go up and down it. I felt great after the hill, thanks to doing hill repeats!

And a HUGE prop to my friend and neighbor Michelle. She did her first 5K and ROCKED it. I was so proud of her. She hadn't fully trained for it but she did so awesome.

Michelle and I at the Finish Line!

June 19, Dad Fest Richardson, TX 


I had such a great time at this race. My brother Stephan decided to do this race with us. I felt pretty good. I didn't realize it but my dad was 30 sec behind me! I wish I would've stayed with him so we could've crossed the finish line together. Stephan was about 10 min later.

I wasn't happy with my time, but as my Uncle pointed out, it was really hot and your time slows down.

The summer has been hard on me. It's been very hot. My running group meets in the morning but I'll be honest, I'd rather sleep in than get up at 4:30am to run at 5:15 am in Waxahachie (about a 15 min drive). I try to go run in the evening, but then sometimes, things come up. Excuse excuses I know.

Well about 2 weeks ago, I hurt my knee. And the sad part is that it wasn't a running injury. It was a klutz injury. I slipped on a sheet of paper. I went forward while my leg went backward. I landed on my knee. It was SO excruciating!! I wasn't sure if I needed to go to the ER or what. Of course, I implemented good ol' RICE.

I didn't run for a week. The next week, I did a short 2 miles and I felt pretty good. I've run a couple of times since then, and I thought my knee was doing pretty good. So, Tuesday, I decided to try some intervals with a couple of running friends. Too soon. I'll start slowly again.. Hopefully, I'll be ready to race in August.