I can't believe the last post I made was for Easter. Where has the time gone? To say the boys have been keeping me on my toes would be an understatement....
It's finally getting warm, I just hope it sticks around. It seems like we get the pool out, fill up, they enjoy it for a couple days, then the temp drops, it rains and we put the pool away.
All 4 of us took a mini vacatioin to Des Moines the first weekend of June. The original purpose of the trip was so I could run in a 5k, but we decided to make a weekend out of it for the boys. We got in town late Friday afternoon. The 4 hour trip was a breeze. We left shortly before nap, they slept 2+ hours and then watched a movie and before we knew it we were in Des Moines. Friday night we ordered pizza and went swimming. We were lucky to stay at such a nice motel with a heated pool and a hot tub. The boys absolutely love swimming. Isaac is our daredevil and jumps in, goes under and comes right back up. He is wearing his puddle jumper but it still scares me when he goes under like that. Saturday was race day followed by dinner with friends and races in Knoxville. The boys loved the races. Caleb was fascinated by the tow truck that had to come onto the track to get the wrecked cars. I never thought we'd stay for the whole thing but they loved it. We went down on the track afterwards and looked at the cars. Caleb wanted to find that tow truck but no such luck.
Back to my race. I ran my first BIG race and there were approximately 2,500 people participating in the 5k and 8,000 people in the 20k. That sure beats small town Rock Rapids Heritage Days 5k. I've done a few 5k's in the past, probably about 5 or so, but I've only ever walked them with a slow jog in the beginning and end. I decided I wanted to change that. I've been working out religously since January. In March I started running and the trainer of the program I'm doing has really helped me to be able to run. A year ago I could only run 4 minutes without stopping to walk or rest. I'm proud to say I've been running 3+ miles without stopping. Yes you read that right, 3+ miles not minutes. I'm starting to really enjoy it and am working on increasing my speed. I wanted to finish the 5k in under 36 minutes but I didn't quite make it. I finished in 36:32. The best part was my trainer ran the entire race with me. My time was only that good because of Nick the best trainer in the world!
Nick is also a fellow adoptive mom and I met her on an online adoption board I frequent. I met her for the first time along with 3 other adoptive parents. It was definitely something I'll never forget.
In case people are unsure if I really ran the 5k, here's some pictures to prove it. The photographers are great at getting pictures when you're near death at the end of the race. I look pretty dorky but whatever, I did it!!!!
My 2nd 5k is tomorrow and I'm excited. I.WILL.BEAT.MY.TIME!!!
Front Row: Nick and Maureen
Back Row: Jill, Mike and Amber
Running with Nick
