Rockstar status

I have been on a sort of hiatus for a while now. I have been trying to juggle being a mom, wife, working, and working out. Those are not easy jobs as most of y'all know. But the main thing I have been dealing with is an emotional monster that has been driving me insane. I am trying to find a better job and have been doing everything I can imagine to find one but all I get is rejection and that can really wear on a person. (NEED PRAYERS PLEASE!)

Anyways I registered for my FIRST 5k and was completely scared shitless I'm not going to lie! I'm surprised I even got sleep the night before.

We had a hard time finding the race because there were no directions or anyone to contact being as it is all volunteer. We finally got there with a few mins to spare. The race itself was completely unorganized and the race ended up starting an HOUR later than it was suppose to which kinda chapped my ass seeing as I brought my 8 1/2 month old daughter and I knew she wasn't going to behave for a few hrs when it should've only took maybe an hr or two.

When we were lining up to race I secretively pointed out all the people I thought I would finish before because one of my biggest fears was being last.. I know, I know even if I was last I should be proud for trying my hardest and even attempting it!

About a mile in I looked behind me and there were about 15 people of all ages, sizes, and shapes. I was pretty impressed with myself and just kept a good pace going of about 10-13min.
It was ALL hills and was mainly uphill.
That was a beotch for real!! I haven't ran hills ever! But I stayed optimistic.

I got to the first water station and there was a Girl Scout (literally) who was holding a sign. It said something like you are almost halfway and can do better the next half! I just lost it! I whimpered like a baby. I got the best feeling I ever had (runners high) and it lasted for about half a mile and I just blubbered that entire time!

I tried not to look at my time but seeing as I had no service I couldn't rely on pandora like normal I had to use the few songs I had on my phone and kept skipping to the good songs.

Once I saw the finish line I booked it.
And I ended up beating the time I set for myself (45mins) even tho I have finished faster on my normal runs I couldn't be prouder knowing the challenge of the hills!

I finished in 42:22 and placed 3rd in my age group when I didn't even consider i had a shot at placing at all!! I exceeded my goals for the day and I couldn't be prouder of how far I have come and that my daughter and husband are proud of me!

After the race I felt like I had achieved rockstar status and it was the best feeling ever! To go from not even being able to run for 30 seconds straight 8 weeks ago to running a 5k and only taking a 5min break out of 42 is beyond my wildest dreams!

I will be doing another 5k in less than two weeks and I'm so excited its a zombie run and will be so much fun and I will be running that with a couple friends!!