Okay, this is kind of a weird report but hey, why not post it right?

I did an unexpected 10K this morning. Unexpected in the sense that I have a 1/2 marathon in 2 weeks and I’m trying to stay injury free for that (by injury I mean blisters. I get them big, all over my feet and they kill me). Anyway, I woke up to at least a couple dozen of my bling-addicted friends posting updates about their Turkey Trots (usually an early morning Thanksgiving Day 5K, most areas have one). I felt left out so I whined to a friend and he suggested doing a virtual 10K with the W.I.S.H. running group. WISH is an open walking/running group for Disney addicts and people who are trying to get healthy.  They have runners of all shapes, sizes and ages and they’re a great group of positive people.

HAH! I can do 10K! That’s only 6.2 miles!

So ignoring my foot fear I decided to run in a single direction from my parents house just to see how far I’d get. Parents live on a fairly miserable hill. The run toward my favorite donut shop is mostly a downward slope and a pretty significant one. Anyway, I geared up and hit it.

I’d never run downhill before and it was weird. Kind of a skip jog since I was running open roads and had to worry about things like streetlights and cars. Still, I did 10K. Sadly this did not land me at the door of the donut shop but that’s okay because I hadn’t taken money or anything. Then I did what I’m sure all those Kenyan Olympians do when they’re miles from home and training for a race. I called my mom and had her come pick me up.  *eyeroll* Walked a little over a mile back towards the house because I was impatient and wogged a bit of that too.

And the fabulous news? NO BLISTERS!   
I can’t believe I’m saying this because not only am I a walker I’m a SLOW walker but I think I might actually become a runner one day! WOOT!

2 Responses to “CarbKiller: Virtual 10K- Disney Style”

  1. Andi says:

    Who are you calling “bling-addicted”????

    J/K – Great job!

  2. CarbKiller says:

    So says the woman who ran the Marine Corps Marathon while visibly pregnant. You’re my hero!

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