Today was the big day! I started training for a 5k this past summer but as soon as my program ended, I didn’t have a 5k to run. Well, when the Sisterhood said the challenge for this month was to run one, I knew I had no excuse!
I partnered up with EA Sports Active to be a Community Leader for Nashville. They sent me a t-shirt and said good luck!
I finished the race in 40:15. I was actually doing GREAT and running 11 minute miles but then I hit mile number three. I actually had to walk a few minutes, which is why my time is much later than I thought it would be. The race had some hills that I wasn’t expecting and hadn’t trained for, but I did finish!
This race was awesome because they had lots of celebrities and free food! We had dunkin donuts hot chocolate and a donut before the race and afterwards Applebees provided lunch, Baskin Robbins did ice cream, and a local restaurant gave free samples of their food.
The celebs! I got to meet Taj George of Survivor fame who is married to one of my favorite Tennessee Titans, Eddie George! Girlfriend looked FABULOUS! I also took my picture with a lot of the Star Wars gang and T-Rac (Titans mascot!). We had performances by PureNRG, Madison Cain, an appearance by Luke Benward.
Overall, the experience was so great. I ran Cross Country in high school, but I sucked so it was so nice to run an official race again, but be WAY better.
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Great job Becca!! I'm proud of you. I ran mine this morning too. With my injuries, I walked more than I ran, but it was still good enough to come in 1st place for my age group. My race was much smaller than yours though.
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@Nancy, Thanks! That's great that you came in first for your age group. I think they stopped counting on people's orders after the first 50 or something at mine, but it's all good. :)
WAY TO GO, GIRL!!!!! Looks like you had an awesome time! I'm so proud of you for doing it!
@Christy_TheSisterhood, Thanks! I'm ready to do another one!
OK YOU'RE 5K looks so much FUNNER than mine!!! hahaha! that sounds like so much fun! great job running sister, love the pics!
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Congrats! Thats a great time! I would have loved to meet Eddie George…he's one of the best things to come out of Ohio State!
You should be so proud of yourself, Becca! Great job!
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