post-5K

Posted on April 28, 2010 by wendy| 7 Comments

Did you read the headline about the woman dying of a heart attack during a 5K race?

NO! No, you didn’t! Know why? Cuz I ran the whole way and actually lived!

This was quite a feat considering I really haven’t been “running” consistently when I take the Dog out. (Apparently, our ‘hood smells fascinating.) That, and my usual route that I thought was around 3 miles turned out to be, oh shit oops, 2 miles.

But I went for my first official race anyway. I got this nifty shirt to show for it –
sweaty face
Because you can never have enough ill-fitting t-shirts, and also this one makes it look like I ran a half-marathon, thanks, race organizers, for loving us 5Kers enough to not even mention us in the design.

Honestly, I don’t usually post lots of pictures of myself because I’m just not satisfied with most of them (also, my arms are short — tell me if you understand that one!), but when I googled “red sweaty face” I got NOTHING close to me in my own glory.

So, this photo is my contribution, interwebz, to the sub-par “sweaty face” images category.

Use it in good health.

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7 Responses to post-5K

  1. Brooke | April 28, 2010 at 12:11 pm |

    Good for you! And you should totally walk around in that t-shirt, letting people assume you ran a 1/2 marathon. In fact, if you can find just the right shade of blue and blot out the word “HALF” . . . :-)
    .-= Brooke´s last blog ..He said . . . She said =-.

  2. furiousball | April 28, 2010 at 1:22 pm |

    congrats!
    .-= furiousball´s last blog ..Girl seen in tire swing =-.

  3. wendy | April 28, 2010 at 1:46 pm |

    brooke, good idea! blue paint, hm…..

    thanks, furious!

  4. Hubs | April 28, 2010 at 8:18 pm |

    Spouse.

    Okay. So. I am commenting here on your blog (yes rare) because I am SO PROUD OF YOU I just gotta tell the e-world!

    5K.

    5K!

    5K!

    I’ve already told everyone I know on the ferry…

    And… that kind of sweat…OMG, are you busy later for special squeezins?

    Hubs

  5. maria | April 28, 2010 at 10:10 pm |

    so does this mean you will run the 4th of july fun run with me?

  6. wendy | April 29, 2010 at 8:45 am |

    maria, you’re on!

  7. Kerrie @ Mom vs. Marathon | April 29, 2010 at 2:16 pm |

    Congratulations! Races are so fun! So…I still post sometimes at my mom blog (Sanity Department), but I started running last year and I now have a running blog. The running blogging community is huge and very supportive. :)
    .-= Kerrie @ Mom vs. Marathon´s last blog ..Day 281: The Problem with Running at the End of the Day =-.