Run or Dye 8/23/2014

I Ran 5k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We signed up for this as a group a few months ago. Our group was: my husband, William, My friend Judy and her husband, Charles, My friend Sophia and her sister, Heidi and her daughter Marissa. We also saw a handful of people I work with and some of my Girl Scout Leader friends. William stayed with me the whole time even though he could have run it faster. I think we ended in 33 minutes..? The start was exciting! There were so many people. There was loud music playing, we all threw our powdered dye up into the air. Everyone was sprinkled in color. Then we ran. And I ran the entire way without stopping! We were in the third wave and once we started running I was determined to go as far as I could before walking. The longest I'd run (since age 21) was a half mile. People in front of us were walking from the beginning so for the first 5 minutes we were having to dodge around people. We were mostly in the sun, but it was still early(the first group started at 9am). Once we finished it was starting to feel warm. I am so proud that I ran the entire way without walking. I totally surprised myself. I did it at my pace, but I was able to stay steady the whole way! There were 5 color stations along the way. Volunteers would scoop up handfuls of color and throw it at the runners. I didn't get too much in the beginning but by the end I was coated in color powder! Two of my little girl scouts were the ones throwing the colors at the finish line. I hear my name and turned my head to look and say hi as I was running across the finish and got a face full of orange. I had to go over to the grass to spit..it was in my mouth and nose and eye. I looked like a Cheetos!