I signed up
for this thing before I had Myles, back when I was feeling optimistic that I
would have him sooner, and that I would make a swift and awesome return to
running after his birth, just as I had with Baya. My 5K 2 months after having Baya, I ended up
PR’ing by 30 seconds! This one ended up
about a week sooner after having Myles, and I have been struggling with my
running most of this time. I have felt
restricted in my movement within my hips and have dealt with some pain along
the way as well. Extreme enough pain early
on that I had to keep postponing running altogether.
I recently
came down sick – either a cold or new allergies, and the night prior to the 5K
wasn’t much for sleeping either (or the last several for that matter). If I had any ounce of hope for a PR left even
though I was feeling crappy and we had missed out on time for a proper warm-up,
it certainly disappeared during that first hill. My goal became to win it (and be under 22
minutes at the very least). There was a
prize of $50 for the top male and female 5K finishers. I did end up taking the win and making it
under 22 minutes, but it was a far cry from my PR. It was a frustrating and disheartening
experience for sure. The same goes for
Andy, who was also hoping it’d be a chance to PR, only to discover this was not
the course or day for it.
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