10km run tomorrow!

[Katie]

I am doing a 10km run tomorrow morning.

It's silly, but it seems such a big thing. before Ruff died I was running marathons, half marathons easy...even a 50km. But I have not run a race since he died in May 2014.

It's a friendly in the park. Race director is my eldest, Emily, who will also be puppy sitter! Hubby is running too, and No 2 daughter is at the water station, so quite a family affair. Only one not there is the boy...who is way too cool, at 18, to hang out at a race!

I have only run 7.5km in training and I did not run at all from May to Christmas. I hope I can get round!

So keep your fingers crossed for me.


Katie.

[Gracie, Jade, & Barkley]

Have fun!

[Judy, Meg & Polly Wolly Doodle]

Hope you have a great run.

[Lori, Winnie, Bob and Indie]

Enjoy, Katie! You will do great- with your distance history your muscles will remember what to do even if you haven't put the mileage in recently.

I believe Ruff will be right there with you in spirit... smiling and enjoying the run.... :-)

[Marie and Hoka]

You will rock it!!! If you did 7.5 in training, the excitement of the day will carry you the rest. You are an ultra-runner at heart who just needs to get back on the trail!

Hoka is my running partner and I know it would be hard to keep my training up without him. 

I did my first 50k last fall and it was such a fun/great feeling day.

[Shoney & Ruby]

Run, Katie, Run! Remember to have fun--it doesn't matter how fast you go, the important thing is to get back out there.

Let us know how it went.

[Julie, Eloise & Beasley]

Have fun, and good for you getting back to it!  I'm sure Ruff will be right there with you, happy to see his mom running again!  :)

[Suzanne & Jack]

Good Luck!  I just did my first 5 mile training run of the year.

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Good luck! Enjoy the run!

[Katie]

Yes! Did it! 1:04:21

Not a great time in the grand scheme of things but fast for me. I was hoping to do less than 1:10, and rocked it!

The weather was great, cloudy for the first half hour. As soon as the sun came out it got hot quickly, but then a sea breeze started which made things a little cooler. Hubby ran 45:02, and then ran back out along the track and paced me in.

I had a GREAT time! Why did I ever stop running?

Off for a shower now, thank you for your support and encouragement. Such fun to find lots of other runners on this community :)

Katie.

[Wendy and Myla]

That's awesome!!!  Way to go!!

[Linda, Charlie Brown and Beau]

Way to go Katie!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Have a wonderful time. I hope Bonnie enjoys the excitement of the race too.