As most of you know, my friend Melissa and I had been training for a 5K. As the day got closer the excitement built. Until the day before. Melissa little boy aspirated some peanuts and was admitted to the hospital. Poor little man had to stay overnight. This didn't stop my hardcore race partner. She let her (supportive) husband stay with their son that morning and met me across the street from the hospital (at a Hardees with tacky decorations for the holidays) to carpool over. We thought we were going to be pretty good on time until we pulled up. There were cars EVERYWHERE. This was not only a 5k, but also a half marathon (we had three close friends running the half- YEAH Kim, Stacie and Marcia!!!) We finally found a parking spot a little ways from the start line and were ready to go. It was COLD. The above picture is after our finish near our car- so I'd already taken off my toboggan. We didn't win (duh) but we did meet our goals........to finish, to finish without having to walk because we couldn't run anymore and the goal to finish in less than 45 minutes. We actually finished closer to 30 minutes than 45 minutes. Not bad! I know I wouldn't have been able to train without having Melissa there every step of the way. While I used to love running, I've been out of the loop for a while and so had NO motivation. So I really needed Melissa for all those training mornings.......
So, I know you're wondering if we're going to keep it up......yes, you'll be seeing more of team Melissa and Cortney in 2009.
