Week 38, Saturday, Diet with Dianna

Acts 20:24However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

Today was the 5K Walk/Run at our church. I participated and crossed the finish line in 37:07:09 minutes. NOT a world record, by any means, but it was a great time for me... especially since it was my first ever timed event. I was a bit teary-eyed as I crossed the finish line...NEVER have done this sort of thing as an adult. I was completely exhausted and exhilarated at the same time. I pushed myself; jogging (more like a run/hop) and walking very briskly.  This is not unfamiliar to me, walking...but just recently I've added jogging into the mix and stretched my distance up to 3 miles.

The neighborhood where I live has quite a bit more steeper hills compared to the gradual hills at the event location, today.  If I hadn't had the opportunity to work out on a tougher course prior to this event then my time today might have been a much slower pace. This course at the church property was very nice and there were two hills to climb. The weather was cold and rainy, however the rain miraculously stopped for the race and started up after the race was over. THANK YOU LORD!


Now there were a lot of younger folks there. So many of them are avid runners. Since I am a novice at this sort of thing, these well trained young'uns lapped me and finished the race, went inside, got massages, drank water and waited for the results to be posted...all before I ever started my second lap around the course. *Ugh* I was even passed by some blue hairs. One gentleman, 69 years old, passed me at the finish line! AMAZING!!! I hope that when I'm 90 years old, I will run and walk at a faster time than what I finished today.


Sure, I was there for the experience and fun...not to race and not to compete with any other participants. However, when there are a lot of people doing the same thing, the emotions of the moment kick you in the brains and your body tries harder, pushing you further than just a walk in the neighborhood. Today was tremendously fun, exciting, and incredibly hard!  I am definitely going to keep walking/jogging and hopefully, next year, I will be able to run the entire course...no walking.


Oh, by the way, I forgot to get some snap shots of me, my daughter and my husband. They participated with me too! Of course, they finished much faster times than me, but we still had a blast!!!!


For some reason...I can't imagine why...I was very hungry today!!! (Tee-he-he)