Jacob's Run

There is a little boy in our ward who has a regressive neurological disorder, where he was born normal, but his body was always behind regular progression until he is now unable to move at all. He is the cutest kid and always smiles. Our ward decided to do a 5K run/walk for him to help his family with all of his medical costs. The whole community pulled together and it was so much fun.

This was my first 5K in 5 years I think. Needless to say, I was out of shape because I have not been running every day, and to top it all off, I had a head cold. Brad had his 2 pulled hamstrings (one from spring softball and another from 2 weeks ago during fall softball). I had taken dayquil, had tissues and cough drops in my pockets, and thought that I would just stay behind with Brad when he needed to rest. Ha ha Brad ended up staying behind with me. I did okay the first 2 miles, but I was out of gas after that. So we walker most of mile 3, and then Brad got me to run in the last .3 miles or whatever it is. With all the little kids in the race, some ran/walker, but others were on bikes or scooters. I really wanted a scooter. But I'm glad that I pulled through, with the encouragement of Brad. They had a big breakfast to welcome us all back after the 5K, which was awesome. There was also a silent auction with some really neat stuff that was all donated. It was fun day, and we found out that the event brought in 17K (after expenses) which is so awesome.

Brad and I just laugh because we ran in together at the end of the race, and yet they have our times listed as a minute apart....Now there is a 5K Foam Fest that I want to do. Do I enjoy running? Heck no! But this involves obstacles, mud, and a giant foam slide. So at least the 5K is spice up with stuff (plus the shirt looks pretty cool). Maybe, now that it is starting to cool down to Fall temperatures, I will go running so I'm not so out of shape.