Kids Marathon

Yesterday was a beautiful warm day!  So much deserved after our cold winter!  My Bestie JB and I drove up with the kids to Port Angeles for the kids to take part in the kids marathon that they had signed up for.  Couldn't have asked for a better day, or better surrounding.  The marathon to place on a park course right next to the water.  We were running a little late on the drive up, which if you know me, then you know I was panicking the whole time deep inside.  We got there 15 minutes before the race was supposed to start, and I still had to get in line to get the kid's shirts and numbers to wear on the front of them.  Luckily we weren't the only ones still in line, and they actually delayed the race until everyone was through.  It was definitely a little chaotic with everyone standing at the starting line.  And the big kids were told to go to the front of the line, I sent Nico and CB forward, and could no longer see them through the crowd.  JB and I decided to walk the marathon, and set out a few minutes after start.  Three quarters of the way back, JB says she thinks its time to run, and that she knows I can make it.  As I mentioned before in earlier posts, I do not run.  But she is so convincing!  So I started running.  I remember saying...."I don't think I can make it that far...maybe just to that stroller ahead!"  And she said, "No, you can make it".  And so I did.  My lungs were burning, and it felt like I could only get shallow breaths instead of deep ones.  And my thighs were burning.  But I made it to the finish line!  Of course the kids made it a long time before.  And I remember watching how effortlessly, my friend JB was jogging while pushing the stroller next to me.  But it all was worth it, and I had a good time.  And I was terribly proud of my little man for running his 1st kids marathon.  Hopefully this is the start of something good, and there will be many more to come.  We got home last night, and the neighbors were already out sitting on the lawn eating bbq.  So that's how I ended the night!  Up till 1am sitting in the neighbors front yard in front of the fire.  Not a bad life! :)