Cape Shore Foundation 5K

At work some of my lady friends and I created our own Biggest Loser Club to try to shed some pounds. As a way to get us to the gym a few of us decided to sign up for a 5K. Running has never been my favorite thing, but the more I run the more I am liking it. After two months of training, it was finally race day. Christian decided to run as well.
Here we are before the race; smiles on our faces and ready to go.

I was not anticipating that humid weather conditions when we signed up for the race. I trained indoors on the treadmill and was feeling pretty good about running the race, but the humidity outdoors slowed me down a bit.

Does anyone else feel like they become 20lbs heavier as soon as they can see the finish line?

After the race we were all a bit tired, hot and sweaty but we were all proud of our accomplishment. I am planning to run another 5K at the end of September, and hope the weather conditions are a bit better than they were this weekend (If anyone wants to run with me let me know). It feels great to be able to run a simple, but not so simple for me, 3.1 miles. I love having that feeling that your hard work has paid off.

Afterward we headed to get some food at the Sunset Grill in Brighton. What better food to eat after a huge run that a big ole pile of nachos and chili?
(I went for something a bit lighter, but you know Christian, he loves himself some nachos!)

I have to send out a HUGE THANK YOU to Gloria and Stef who watched Berkeley during the race, were keepers of all our stuff, our photographers and personal cheerleaders! I feel so lucky to have such wonderful friends!