Mayor's 5 Mile Run

So several months ago I asked my friend Melanie if she would join me in running the Mayor's 5 mile run on June 20th. She was game for it and so we started training. Melanie was in California for most of the time so we had to train seperatly but we both stuck with it and were ready and excited to do the run.



We both decided that our limit on running is 5 miles - sorry but no marathons for us. The race was listed as a 5.6 mile race however after doing a trial run on the course and clocking the distance we beleive that the acutal race was closer to 5.8 or 6 miles by the time you crossed the actual finish line. What a great accomplishment we felt when we finihsed - we actually ran the entire thing (no walking or resting) and we did it in about 1 hour and 4 min. I know we aren't breaking any records but our goal was to complete it in about one hour so we made it!

Here we are finihsing up the race together over the finish line (don't laugh at how we look when we run - I already said we aren't really runners)



Thanks Melanie for joining in the race with me. It was fun and a great way to motivate me to get into shape.