Monday, October 17, 2011

Dogs and Suds 5K

Yes, I'm a bad blogger! We've been busy with agility and this blog has just fallen along the wayside. Now that things have calmed down a bit, I'll try to get you all (5 followers) caught up. ;)

Darby and I walked our first 5K over the weekend. Not quite for sure how I ended up walking the 5K. I originally signed up to walk the 5K, tried to train, but failed. Decided to walk the 1 mile fun walk instead. Then when I got to the event they handed me my number (lucky 25). So, I just kind of decided then and there to go ahead and walk the 5K. (not the best decision). Darby and I got to the start line late, so we were behind before we even started. She and I sort of jogged part of the first mile in an effort to catch up with the slowest walkers. :) We found one and then passed her. After that we ended up heading uphill. OMD! So not ready for hills. The lady we passed, then passed us. I honestly thought about quitting many, many times during the walk but didn't. Since we were the last team we had police escorts during most of the walk. That was a bit stressful for both me and Darby. Darby did great during the walk. She loved the water stops. She had people giving her water too. And they would all reach out and give her pats as we walked by.

I know that I was not ready to do this 5K, but it was still a great time. The best part of it was hitting the finish line!!! I got a little emotional there. And then I felt like I was going to throw up (but didn't) :).

Attached are some pics that I took during the walk.

Here I am with my escorts over my shoulder :)



Here is a pic of Darby on the home stretch of the walk.



Our view of the river near the finish. This was a great way to end the walk.



Our police escorts near the finish line.



And here are me and Darby after the 5K. Darby is such an AWESOME dog!!