Little Rock Marathon Weekend

So its been a while... I know! What can I say? Pharmacy school is hard! Anyway.. A few weekends ago, I ran in the LR Marathon Weekend 5K. I was kinda bummed when I signed up and found out that it was on Saturday so I wouldn't get to participate in the excitement that was the marathon on Sunday. But I still had a good time.

Now, I don't consider myself a runner AT ALL! I don't really want to either. Its simply something I decided to do as exercise for me and Lewis. I think it sucks all most of the time but we both need it. I do wish I had a friend to run with me. Running alone kinda sucks!

I had a goal to run the whole thing. Up until race day, the longest I've run in oh...10 years or so was 2 miles. I love running downtown but with a dog that is not very obedient, its much easier to run longer distances over the weekend when there is no traffic so we usually only do a mile and a half to avoid vehicles that she thinks are out to destroy me :o) I accomplished my goal! My time ended up being 34:04 minutes (thats about an 11 minute mile). I was hoping to finish in under 30 but I guess since I've never gone that far, its good for a first try.

I feel like I need to sign up for another race so that I'll keep running, otherwise I don't really have a reason to run. Collecting medals could be fun....

Don't judge this picture. Unfortunately, I have a child size head and no child size hats so this was all I had to work with. It blew off at least 3 times but it was raining and I had no choice but to wear it! I will be investing in something a little smaller for the future :o)

She obviously didn't want to take a picture with me!