Dirty Dash Fears

This coming Saturday, I'm joining several of the girls from my office to participate in the Dirty Dash. And I have to say that I am freaking out!

I'm a wee bit accident prone, so I'm feeling like this might tempt Fate a little too much to pass up. I mean, what if I fall down in the mud and no one sees me and I drown in the mud, wouldn't that be just terrible!?!? Or I fall and break my ankle and my team has to drag me (literally) down the mountain.......ugh!

And I'm incredibly out of shape and I signed up thinking it would be good to have motivation to get out and get moving...and it worked. I've been up and moving but I'm still huffing and puffing my way around the 5Ks, I mean, there won't be any running on my part. I never want to be the last one to cross the finish line; BUT you have to cross the finish line as a team and I'm anxious about being the one to hold up my team!

And as I've mentioned, we'll be in the mud and what if mud clings to my most unattractive spots, or the water is too cold or I lose a shoe in the mud or the showers after the race are cold..............it's silly, really, to be this concerned over something so trivial.

*sigh*

It should be fun, right?!

SLC Marathon 5K

Today was the Salt Lake City Marathon, which includes a marathon, half marathon, 5K and a few other events.

We've been preparing to walk it for a few weeks....It wasn't a super rough course, but there was one incline that was my wall. I had to really push myself, but I did it in pretty good time. I really wanted to set a pace for myself that was my own pace. Not Eric's or the pace of other walkers/runners, which can be hard to do when you're seeing people pass you by.

The goal is to walk another 5K in two weeks (MS walk) and do it in less time.

For me, this was a very personal journey to remotivate myself to get back into shape. I am proud of my accomplishment as I am for the accomplishment of my friends who ran other races. Jessica ran the half marathon and should be so proud! My other friend ran the full marathon.

Here are some of my pictures. I took them using my old camera because I wasn't about to try and drag the big camera during the walk. Maybe another time.
I'll post some of the other pictures as I get them from the company that took pictures.