My son ran our local 5K race last week. All the preparation from his track meet last month excited him about the race. If I couldn\u2019t be out there running, it was fun to be there and feel the energy of a race.<\/p>\n
He was out there by himself, sort of, because he saw lots of people he knew while out there running. He had a goal in his head to finish in under 30 minutes as his first timed race, he finished in just over 31 minutes.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s 11, and he can be a little goofy, he decided to stop two separate times to tie his shoe.<\/p>\n
He was 59 out of 102 in his age group. Can I just say how awesome it is that there were 102 boys ages 9-12 who ran the race! .<\/p>\n
Evidently, it takes almost two minutes to stop twice to tie your shoe. Maybe we need to work on the speed of the shoe tying skills. Although I\u2019m sure he used the break to catch his breath a tiny bit, too. Maybe we\u2019ll get him some of those slide up clip things so he doesn\u2019t have to worry about shoe laces coming undone.<\/p>\n
After he cooled down, he chattered non-stop about every little detail of the race and who he saw and what he did. Evidently, he looked at the watch every 3 steps, I think. But, he was so excited and proud of his effort. His enthusiasm was great.<\/p>\n
He had a great time and is looking forward to joining the Running Club at his middle school. They run a few miles once a week after school.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll give you a quick update on my medical trainwreck \u2013 I\u2019m doing much better. The holiday weekend messed with getting my blood work back from the lab, but I\u2019ve now had 2 doctors say that I likely won\u2019t need to be on the blood thinners for very long, hopefully the blood work results will confirm that. Thankfully, I\u2019m released from my boot on my right foot, which was the original injury, it\u2019s still a bit sore.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m going to go back to my chiropractor for some ART to help with the inflammation and I\u2019m also doing some stretching on my own, so mostly it is just annoying.<\/p>\n
I went for a really short walk the other day on my lunch as I\u2019m starting to go crazy without exercise. Getting out was great, but I can tell that my foot is not 100%. I do feel it getting better with the stretching and I\u2019m hopeful that the pad in my shoe will continue to alleviate some of the pressure when I walk.<\/p>\n
You don\u2019t know what you\u2019ve got until it\u2019s gone!<\/p>\n
Have a good one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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