"California callin' 20 miles to go-o-o, and I don't I don't know..."

I did it. Monday morning I ran my first ever 10K and totally loved it. A friend of mine has been running her whole life and said that most people run the 10K and either love it or hate it and vow to never do it again. I think it just might be the perfect distance for me. I'm not fast enough to run the 5K competitively, but I feel like I have plenty of room to improve on the 10K and felt pretty fantastic afterward.

I do NOT feel fantastic today, though. Two races in one weekend!
Not smart.
I hurt.

10K
1:09:41
Certainly nothing to brag about, but when I look at how far I've come...and look at my 3 month old baby...yeah I feel good about what I did.

A big thanks to my running buddies, Kasey, Tia, and Lara (you girls rock!) and to Sheena for inspiration to do this in the first place.

And of course, thanks to Aaron and the kids for putting up with me rushing out the door right after dinner nearly every Wednesday night for the last 8 weeks to go run the lake twice before dark.

As for THIS Saturday....
Do I continue to wake up at 5am to do my long run?
I could sleep in. Mmmmm sleep.
Mark, Melinda, Amy, Paul, and some friends are running a 1/2 marathon in Santa Barbara, Ca in November. I think I'm ahead of schedule as far as the training would go.
It would be SO FUN to do a race with some of my siblings...

....but it's in California.
...and it's 13.1 miles.

I guess I'll decide on Saturday morning.