Spring Running

The weather has not been sweltering yet, which is enjoyable for running. However, it is raining here a lot, so morning runs have been very beneficial.

This past weekend, we traveled to Kentucky for a wedding. It is our hope to run a race in every state, so we signed up for the Woodford Wag, a Cross Country 5k in Versailles (pronounced Ver-sails, not Ver-sigh, like the beautiful palace in France). It was super tough. It might have been the beer I tried at West 6th Brewing Company the night before, it might have been the grass, it might have been the hills, it might have been the rocks….However, Sean placed 2nd in his age group and 8th overall and I placed 1st in my age group and was the 9th female to finish. My mile splits were not even, the first mile I clocked in at 7:40 and that I could have been happy with for the rest of the race.

The wedding was at the Bell House, and was beautiful. It’s hard to believe that Sean and I are under two months to go for ours this July!

After every other run, I’ve been trying to incorporate squats and lunges or pushups and core. I haven’t been lifting and this has been a nice addition. Hopefully in the next few weeks I will be able to add onto my lifting, especially as the school year comes to a close.

And Jackpot over back home is living the dream!