LifePath

LifePath

After celebrating the feeling I experienced from my first run, I scrolled through the internet looking for more than I could accomplish. I signed up for one called the Atlanta Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis. Unfortunately,  they cancelled it due to a massive snow storm that hit. I took that as a sign that maybe I was a one-and-done kind of girl. That was until my mother received an email from her work about running the Braselton LifePath 8k/5k. I decided to sign up for it, but wanted to take it one step further. Instead of doing the 5k, I chose to run the 8k!

January 6th 2018 was right around the corner and this time I was going to be slightly more prepared for the run. I scoped out the course map and felt like it would be fairly easy with it being mostly flat. Once again it was below freezing and it had rained the night before. 

I stretched and lined up with the group. Soon we were headed down the road. While running I decided that my best bet to keeping a good pace would be to find someone and keep up with them. I found one girl and started up a conversation. Next thing I knew we were side by side for most of the race. It felt good. I passed by the 5k split and kept pushing forward. 

I ran the 8k turnaround and looked behind me. There was an 80 year old man with a walker that was doing the run. Seeing him gave me that extra push I needed. If he could do this, then I definitely could. I crossed the line while running the hardest I could. My finishing time was 1 hour and 5 minutes. I smiled so big at yet another accomplishment.