Where there's a Will there's a way: Second 5K Down Saturday February 12th 2011

Oh where to start! I participated in my second 5K and I am still married to my wife (we'll get to that later). The day started out pretty early. I woke up at 6:30 and started getting ready for the day. I was extremely nervous for some reason. I totally don't know why, but I was. We got everything together and then we went to pick up some friends who on Thursday got roped into joining us. Then we meet my brother and headed downtown. We did whole pre-race thing, registering, stretching and talking about the uber-competitive people. Next, thing I know we are at the start getting ready to go. While, at the starting line, we talked a guy who start running 5K's 3 years ago and he had lost 110lbs. I proceeded to give him a high five and said way to go. And we were off to the races. Randy, Jenna, and my Brother started off running and my wife and I started off jogging, until I heard her wheezing and I decided we should walk awhile. Why was she wheezing you ask? Well, she has been fighting a cold for two weeks and it's in her chest, but she really wanted that shirt. So we walked some and run some and we did our first mile in under 17 minutes. Ooooooh then the dreaded mile 2. With her cold comes stuffy ears and she did not realize how loud we were fighting. We were fighting because I felt she was pushing me to hard, but she felt I was letting my inner TW speak for me. So, this went on until we stopped talking to each other for the next half mile. Mile two was mostly walking due to the fact I was been a stubborn Jack A&%. So, we round corner to start our last mile and I decided that my wife was probably right. During mile it was down hill until we got to second Avenue. I ran all the way to second and then we walk/ran every block to try and get under an hour. I had my "carrots" picked out and I passed the first one at about 2 1/2 miles in, and then I caught the second one at the 3 mile marker. My wife and I ran last block to the finish. I crossed the finish line at around 57 minutes (unofficial). I felt good after the race and I am proud of what I did and with the next race I will get better. I would like to thank my brother and friends for coming out, running, and supporting my efforts.