My First 5K

I ran my very first 5K today.

A 5K you say? today?



Yes, me, Melissa Yergensen

I know, the very last person



that you'd thought you 'd see

But, hallelujiah, glory be!



I did it, I ran the whole time

And - yes - I'm just fine.



Really, I'm alive, not dead ...

But I think I will go back to bed!



I figured I owed myself a little celebration for all the hard work I've been doing lately. I feel so much stronger than just a couple of months ago. And, yes, I know - for all of those of you marathon runners mocking me - it isn't that far. Actually, that's why I did the 5K because I knew I could do it. Heck, I already do it several times a week already, just on the treadmill or jogging from my house to the lake and back. Of course I knew I wouldn't be among the first to finish (and yes, quite a few 10Kers even came in before me!) but I wasn't LAST - and for that I am proud of myself. AND I never stopped to walk or take a break, I jogged the WHOLE WAY. Sometimes faster than at other times (a speed-walker almost caught up to me once, but I put her back in her place! oh ya) and I didn't quit! Yay for me!