It has been almost a month, and I haven't written in here. I suppose that is because I haven't had much interesting to say.
I ran my 1st 5k two weeks ago! Yippeee! I have walked several of them - in San Diego I did the Father Joe's Thanksgiving 5K and the March of Dimes. I am just NOT a runner at all, though. In fact, prior to running this 5K - I have not ever run a mile in my life. I kid you not - I just have never been able to do it. I can walk for forever, but running is a different story. But, I signed up for the South Ogden Twilight 5K for fun, and hubby offered to watch the boys in the park - so without kids I thought, why not try to run? So, I did. I was super slow, and finished back at the pack with all the old grannies and grandpas, but I did it. I never stopped running. It was a great feeling. I think I could get into running, just not much further than a 5K. My time was 35:27. It was such a breakthrough for me to realize that I could run that I signed up for the Syracuse Cure for Scleroderma 5K the next Saturday. My finish time on that was 31:14. I was excited to be getting faster - so I signed up for the Idaho Falls Firecracker 5K on July 4th. My finish on that was 28:01! Not the fastest in the world, but I am improving. I think I can see now why people run, it is a great feeling to push yourself a little bit more. So, there you have it - I've been running a few miles.
I've also been enjoying nature the last little bit here. We came back from a fun vacation to IF to see our families for the 4th - only to be greeted by a broken Air Conditioner. Our house is just way to hot without it. It was 89 in the family room, and that was the coolest room in the house. So we put up our tent and we've been in the back yard camping out for the last 2 nights. Cadet loves it! Tink does not to say the least, but we are surviving. Hopefully our neighbors are, too. Anyhow - it gives us confidence that maybe we could go camping in Yellowstone in September. We were worried it wouldn't work well with the boys, but I think we can do it. Also---hubby says that I am officially ready to camp now that I did something that everyone has to do at least once in the open. We were soooo hot on Sunday we went for a walk down a paved pathway trail here. I was so hot I was drinking like a fish. The trail is a little over 4 miles, and there is only one restroom on the trail - at the beginning. We got to the halfway point about 2 miles in and I HAD to go. I could not hold it. (Complements to having Tink.) So....I did what I thought was the unthinkable. I found a bush. I went in the wild. I have always had a hangup about doing that. I just have never been able to bring myself to do it before....but thanks to a weakened bladder - I had no problem. So...I guess we can go real camping now. I still think I want to find a site with a toilet, though. I'm not sure I want a repeat performance of connecting with nature quite yet!
