she's going the distance! she's going for speed!

Except not really achieving speed of any kind. "Going for" is the phrase of interest. Still, as a girl who faked asthma attacks to get out of middle school gym class, this is progress.

Yesterday I ran my first 5K, the Jingle Bell Run for arthritis. And - did not come in dead last! I even had a pretty decent time for a first-timer, which I'm not going to mention here because if it's not decent and everyone was being nice, I choose blissful ignorance.

Next to me are Stacey, Lindsey, and Lisa, fellow first-years whose credits extend well beyond being better runners than me.



It was fun... even in 30-DEGREE WEATHER. Once again, Florida, wtf? Just when I think you couldn't be any more backwards, you prove me wrong with arctic temperatures on the one day I could really use the nice weather.