Monster Dash - My First 5K!

You may recall but John ran his first 5K last October in Team Ortho's Monster Dash.  This year he convinced me to run the race with him.  I didn't train much but with John's help I made it through!  The race itself was the weekend before Halloween, October 26th.  John found this crazy "Good Guy" costume at a thrift store and wore his blonde wig from last year.  I kept it simple and just wore a tutu skirt over yoga pants.

The day of the race was pretty nice but there was definitely a chill in the air.  We were able to carpool to the race with John's parents who had also entered the Monster Dash.  Even though John is conditioned to run this distance he still wanted to run with me at my pace.  I could not have done it without him that's for sure!  We started off jogging and he kept telling me to slow down, keep breathing and, most importantly, keep moving!  John actually only let me walk a total of 3 minutes of the 39 minutes it took us to complete!  A 5K is equal to 3.1 miles and he let me walk a minute or so after every mile.  The thing that helped pass the time was also what made the race harder.... all of the people!  There were lots of people in costume to look at but they also got in our way since we started at the very end and had to pass a ton of walkers.

Here are a few pictures of our bunch after we finished!  I was sure glad it was over but glad I pushed myself to finish!  Next time I will train a bit before running :)