First Race, Small but feels good.

So today was the Run with the Roosters 5 miler at The Old Tucson Studios. It was a hard run even though I can in under the goal I set for myself. I finished at 1 hour 13 minutes and 20 secondsish (my goal 1 hour and 15 minutes). It was harder than I expected since I had a mental block the whole way, all I could think about was the fact that Steve was leaving today. Somewhere around mile 3 I felt as if I would just curl up on the side of the road and cry. But I kept running, I just kept telling myself Just keep going (you know from "Finding Nemo" when Dory sings Just Keep Swimming"). Then I saw Steve and he said Earl was waiting at the turn around. It was so great to see a Raptor there and cheering me on. It gave the second wind I needed. As I approached the turn in to Old Tucson I could see an Orange shirt and two Red ones, it was Steve, Tia and Lisa, yelling and cheering me on to the finish. It made my heart sing. Thanks for the support Tia, Lisa and Earl and of course Steve. I feel like I could have done better but there is always next time.

Mary
"Just Keep Going, Running, Going" (See now I know all you can hear is Dory from Finding Nemo)