The day we ran an official 5K.

Our first and actually to date only official run was the Halifax resolution run. It was on New Years Eve. For the months preceding that day it was our inspiration and our goal. When the day arrived not only were we both very nervous but also there was a blizzard warning in effect to start around 5pm that day…..the run also started at 5pm. It was going to take more than that to stop us. So we went into the city early, we packed a bag in case we got stuck in the car in the snow, and an overnight bag in case we decided it was too bad to drive home. We were both so nervous on the way in, we felt sick, but the good thing was no snow so far. By the time we collected our jackets and waited at the ‘Y’ we were both really nervous. We pinned on our numbers and waited. The other runners were amazingly nice to us. Especially to India, my daughter. The atmosphere was great, very upbeat. We began to calm down somewhat. We walked across the street to the beginning of the race and after the guy organizing it explained the route and traffic rules we were off. That is not totally true, the fast, professional folk were off, followed by the quite fast, then we went with the slower crowd. It was great running in a group, the weather was not too cold, the people stationed at various places around the route were funny and made us laugh and kept us going. At the end a few people were hanging around to clap everyone in as they finished. We did it! It felt great! We were so excited to have made it, and we did not walk a step! There was still no snow so that too was a bonus! In fact we were half way home before we saw a flake of the white stuff, so all in all it was a great success!