Homecoming 5k

After four whole hours of sleep, I was up and getting my family ready for our first ever 5k with all three of us!
I just recently scored a sweet deal on a jogging stroller off Craigslist and i decided i was ready to break it in!
This morning at 8:15 we ran the University of Utah Homecoming 5k! My goal was only to beat my time of 45 minutes but as i arrived they informed me that i could enter myself into the stroller division, so my focus changed. As I looked around I realized i was the only one with a stroller and felt fairly confident. It was rather disheartening when we walked to the starting line and saw some skinny mamas with their jogging strollers. So I told Ryan that I would concentrate on beating my time not the other moms... YEAH RIGHT!
This was the hardest 5k i have ever run. It was intense because the hills around campus and running with a jogging stroller for the very first time.
I don't recommend entering a 5k with your jogger if you have never done it before, unless you have a wonderful husband to run by your side and help when it comes to pushing it up the hill. We were neck in neck with the other 2 strollers the entire time. You see, I am one of the most competitive people I know (excluding my sisters) so once I had competition in sight I managed to push myself much harder than i would otherwise. (which I'm sure I'll pay for tomorrow.) Which is why I love running 5K's more than i love running otherwise. I thrive on competition. I am the person who will run beside you on a treadmill at the gym and keeping peeking over to what your time is, so that i can beat you. (And man does it feel good when i achieve my silent victories!) When we had the finish line in sight I saw that it said 39 minutes 52 seconds, so i kicked it into full gear coming in in 40 min. Not only did i beat my time, I managed to (with the help of Ryan but we will take a win however we can get it) WIN SECOND PLACE FOR THE STROLLER DIVISION!

I won a bag of goodies and football tickets... totally worth it. All i really needed was to have my name called over the loud speaker as a winner! ha ha I felt so validated. And Addison loved her new jogging stroller, she even feel sound asleep for most of the run. We will definitely be doing this again!!!