Running with MO

Okay. Pretty much a FAIL on the blogging lately. But here's some old stuff, and I suppose some updates too!

So I ran a 5k race on the 4th of July with my little sister. It was AWESOME and funny and such complete sisterly silliness! Honestly, I was hesitant to do it with her. I've been really proud of my running accomplishments, but she's always been in really good shape. I didn't want to be completely run over or realize that I haven't really done all that much. Both are silly. One, I'm never competitive, except maybe with myself, why should I care if she can run faster than me? I'm still running right? and Two, I couldn't run ONE lap around a track in January--OF COURSE I've come along way, no matter how far anyone else can run. She was a little hesitant too, I think. Haha. How funny would it be if I showed HER up!? She's supposed to be the in shape one.

All in all, it was just fun. We woke up way before the crack of dawn and coincidentally came downstairs dressed in exactly the same running shorts. Sisters, right? ;) I made her change. There's cute and then there's too cute. Running a race with my sister was cute, running it with my sister who is matching me...too much! We got to the race paced around and eventually made it to the start line. It was probably the most crowded race I'd been too, by far. Anyways, off we went. She stuck with me the WHOLE time. I'm sticking with the notion that I was encouraging her to go faster/farther than she would have gone on her own. She stayed just a few paces in front of me the whole time (by the way--as non-competitive as I am, that's how driven she is by competition) She kept on eye on me from the front though. It was cute to see her turn around and check on me ever couple minutes. We decided that if you are going to try and stick with someone-don't wear the race day shirt that EVERYONE else is wearing! It makes it very difficult to catch your friend/sister/partner/competition out of the corner of your eye. We decided something like tie-dye would work well for the next time. She stuck it out the whole time and maybe 200 yards from the end, she sprinted. HOW RUDE! Haha. I crossed the finish line and found her waiting just on the other side. I was convinced that she had finished at least a minute and change before me, but looking at pictures later, we were just less than 10 seconds apart!

On the drive home, she very sweetly asked, did I make you run faster? um, sorry, no. I pretty much stick to my chuggin along pace, but you did make me smile more sis. and it was a WHOLE lot of fun! Lets do it again!!

:) haha little sis! Look how far I've come! You better start tying up those running sneaks a little more often ;)

** So just a note on the current events, I am OFFICIALLY registered for the Disney Princess Half-Marathon!!!! and I believe some of my sweet sweet girlfriends are going to do it with me! So we've come up with a plan. We have a running schedule that we are both going to follow so that we can be running buddies without actually being in the same state! Tomorrow is day 1. 2 miles. I'll let you know how it goes. The goal is to stick to it as closely as possible and keep each other updated, encouraged, and motivated as best as possible. We're ALL about the silliness and fun of it all and girlfriends running with Tiaras is pretty much the most perfect thing ever! I think we should have training tiaras...what do you think N.?