The 5K Walk and the Mysterious Lady in Red
One bright and early Saturday morning not too long ago, I met up with ‘M’ my trainer from physical therapy and NL of Noveltownand ABC23 for the Fall Festival 5K/10K run/walk at River Walk Park. Through bribery of Supreme Bean coffee, I convinced NL to do the 5K walk with me. A leisurely stroll in the park for NL, I soon learned that 5K is a lot farther than it sounds.
At check in we were given real race numbers and at 9:00 AM everyone lined up at the starting point as if it was the New York Marathon. Like Katie Holmes, I registered under an alias (my real name) instead of Matildakay.
‘M’ of coarse was doing the 10K run while pushing his son in a stroller. Show off!
There were other members from my physical therapy group participating in the race including a lady in red who kicks my butt regularly.
NL was a good friend and sport keeping pace with me when he could have left me in the dust. Even though we were among the last to finish, he had fun with his video camera and put together this little video of our 5K-walk experience.
“Go Matildakay!” ‘M’ yelled as he ran by pushing his stroller during the last half of the 5K walk.
“So annoying!”
“Why?” NL asked.
“Because he’s running 10K while pushing a stroller!”
“He’s a good trainer, he’s encouraging you.”
“I know. I just wish I could do that.”
We never did catch the mysterious lady in red from my physical therapy group, but she was at the finish line cheering me on. I managed to finish the 5K walk (just over 3 miles) in around 50 minutes, which is not too bad. And even though I was sore the rest of the day, I’m really glad that I challenged myself and accomplished the 5K walk.
“I read all about you.” NL told ‘M’ after the 5K walk.
“You read about me?” ‘M’ asked, “Oh right, I don’t want to know.”
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Way to walk Melinda!!!!!