Keep On Stepping

This past weekend, I finally ran my first 5K. It was about time! I had registered for two races before, but wasn't able to run them for various reasons. But I finally officially did one! M two friends and I ran Color Me Rad. It was freezing cold, we got covered in colored cornstarch, and it started raining just before we were done running, so we had to walk a mile back to our car in the cold rain, BUT we did it!

So what now, you ask? Well, I started a 10K training program on Monday. I imagine that's the next step. It's supposed to have me running 10K in 9 weeks. I guess after that, the only thing to do is go for a half-marathon. And that's my New Year's Resolution, anyway, to be able to run 13.1 miles by the end of the year. I'm feeling pretty positive about that whole thing.

PS, my picture today comes to you from the classroom at the school where I teach music classes. That's how the children make me feel.