This weekend we headed to Castaic, CA to run in the 5K portion of the Sport Chalet Magic Mountain Man race. We woke up bright and early Saturday morning and drove to Lake Castaic. The race benefited the Challenged Athletes Foundation, a cause that Jay and I were happy to support. We arrived just in time to get our bibs, our goody bag, shoe timers, and get warmed up.
Neither of us has trained in the last month. Normally we try to set a training schedule, and we had been running a 5K a couple times a week working on our time and endurance. In the last month, we haven't run at all. So this course ended up being more challenging than I at least was prepared for. Jay is a natural athlete; he kindly stayed with me during the race. He was actually running circles around me at one point, supposedly to encourage me. We finished the race in 37 minutes - I'll take a 12 minute mile considering I hadn't even laced up my running shoes in 4 weeks!
The photo below we took immediately after we finished. Yes, I'm aware of how handsome my husband is, even after running 3.2 miles! The beautiful scenery really helped me get through it - I was so happy to be in such a beautiful setting, with the strength and health to get through a 5K race with little to no preparation. It made me feel very grateful.
