JAYanthem blog

So if you’ve been reading you know that I now run or bike every morning now, or at least 6 out of 7 days a week. Well last night there was a huge 5k in downtown Orlando with over 10,000 people running. It was actually my first ever race, or at least since elementary school.

WHAT A BLAST! It was difficult to navigate the start with all the runners but it was such a rush! I Iove it, and Shannon loved it as much or even more. Of course she’s a runner at heart from her cross country days in high school. I suspect this will be the first of many races in the future.

Not only did we do it, we did pretty darn good! Shannon finished at 30:04 and I came in 3 seconds behind her at 30:07. Although these aren’t the absolute best times in the world, they’re not too bad either for a couple of people that just started running months ago. We ran similar times as some friends that do marathons and triathlons, people that have been running for years! Speaking of which I think Shannon and I are going to sign up for a duathalon this summer which is biking and running! Love it!