Run for Our Heroes 5k - My first RUN!!!!

It was a honor to run my first 5k today for the 8 Fallen Raleigh
Police Officers who have lost their lives while serving in the line of duty. It was also bittersweet to run my first race w/ my dear friend & ol' college roommate Fran (A.K.A. "Frog"). Afterall, it was almost this time a year ago when we were drinking beer in a blow up pool in her driveway where we started talking about running & I decided that I was going to start training.

Although my training was interrupted for a few months due to shoulder surgery, I've made a good comeback & can't wait to run in my next race on June 12th. Thank you so much to my 2 biggest fans & motivators: Fran & my favorite Grit.

I completed the race today with tears of joy in my eyes and with a time of 35:20 @ a pace of 11:23. In addition, I killed all the hills and I did NOT come in last. Click HERE for race pics!! And get a kick outta the video my buddy Angelica took for me @ the top of this post where I'm getting ready to cross the finish line. (Click the play button to get the video to start up).