Doggie Dash 5k 2016

It's that time of year again!  My favorite 5k for several reasons.  1) I get to run with my doggie 2) I get to support Animal Humane of New Mexico which is where my doggie was adopted from and they do great work 3) It's a flat fast course and I can usually run faster than I think I will 4) the activities and giveaways after are fun for the whole family

This year did not disappoint.  My dog being a herder feels like she has to be at the front of the pack which helps me out as we weave in and out of people trying our best to make it up there.  It's usually me that can't keep up.  I gave my son a high five as passed him at the start and apparently he took off running after us for a while!  This was the first year out of all the years I've been doing this that my dog actually POOPED on the course!! Ahhh!  Don't worry I did the right thing and stopped to scoop up the poop and threw it away in the trash.  That just make it even more amazing that I was able to do as well as I did.  Let me say the reason I'm so happy with my results is because I'm not a runner in the sense that it's not my strongest sport it's my weakest.  So anytime I do well at it I get a high that lasts for months.  I knew I had done well I could feel it but my family didn't expect me to finish that fast so no one was at the finish to cheer me in which means I didn't know my finish time.  At first they didn't have me in their system so we left without a medal.  But low and behold when I checked results they were up and I placed 3rd in my AG, 7th F and 35 OA out of 607!  Maybe this will motivate me to get out there this week and do my speed work!  WooHooo!  I could have cut off seconds if without the poop stop! :-)

Once again I had so much support from my biggest cheerleaders, my family, and am so happy that my son thinks that it's normal when he asks what we're doing this weekend and I say a race.  I was a little sad when I realized he thought he was going to do the race with us in the stroller and I had to tell him he'd just be cheering.  By the way big shout out to the mama out there on the course pushing 2 kiddos in a stroller and I had a hard time keeping up with her.  Way to go!!! 

The look on her face is priceless, some well earned treats on their way!

So Lexi another year another race, we'll keep on running!  This is when I celebrate her as much as possible she was my fur baby and "A" calls her his doggie sister and defends her if someone is mean to her he'll say "don't do that to my doggie"  The love of a dog is unwavering and I try my best to make sure she gets all the exercise and love she needs.  We are the same in that sense if we don't get our exercise we go a little nuts!!

I was so happy to have my cool gear to run in from Team LC, Accelerade to recover, Hoka shoes, Oakley glasses what more could a girl ask for?!

Happy Training!