Running Mummy

I acheived a personal goal last week. I have been trying to get back into running all year. I did my 5k (3mile) back in May which I really loved. So at that time I entered myself into a 12km (7.5 mile) run which was on last week. I hadn't lost as much post-baby weight as I had hoped, and I wasn't very fast, but I ran it, and I ran the whole way. I loved it too. Everyone thought I was crazy because it was pouring rain - see photo. It wasn't cold as it's Spring here now, but I was sopping. My shoes at the end were squelching as I walked back to the car! I had asked Jim to bring the boys down to the finish line to see Mummy, but when I finished it was so wet, I figured he wouldn't have bothered, so I just went straight back to the car. When I rang him, he told me he was there standing in the rain - what a dedicated husband! Sorry about that..........I need a running buddy though. There isn't a running club in my small town and none of my old friends from around here are into running. I missed Kristen and Shelley very much - I was thinking lots of you girls on Sunday. There was people at the starting line standing around together chatting and laughing and I was thinking of Steamboat and all the other runs we used to do together. I used to run with my sister when we lived in the same town many years ago, but it's a bit hard now that we are 1.5hr away from each other.
So it's the beginning of many more, I'm doing a run along the beach in the New Year. It's a 10km from one town to the next, along the beach the whole way - I'm excited. Running is the best.