My mom and sister just finished a 5k run this morning...sort of. My sis has run a lot and ran the marathon this past summer. But my mom has worked so hard to lose weight. After having 7 kids, she was too busy taking care of us than herself. The other day she told me she went looking for size 12 jeans (an accomplishment for her) and came home with size 8!!. She hasn't been able to wear size 8 jeans since before she had me (27 years ago). So this was really big for her this morning to run this 5k.
Now for the funny part....
They had the 5k and 1/2 marathon runners start and end in the same spot. They split up somewhere durning the race. Unfortunately, my mom and sister missed that part. They ran until they say mile marker 4! Oops... They, somewhere, took a shortcut (for the 1/2 marathon) and made it through the finish line with some of the first marathon runners!! LOL!! They said it was really funny becuase they were way ahead of the first runners when they started passing them. So it looked like they finished the 1/2 marathon in just over an hour!!! They were even offered a metal for being among the first finshed! So instead of running the three miles ( my mom's goal) they went above and beyond!! More like 7 or 8 miles! I really am proud of her. And you too, Beka!
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I saw your mom and dad a few days ago. She does look amazing. I'm so glad for her AND so jealous. I'm looking at my blobby post-baby body and wondering if maybe it might not be worth it to try that whole anorexia thing...
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