{Day 29} Sign Up for a Race

{Day 29}

New here? Make sure to check out day 1  and my introduction to my 

31 day of Health and Exercise series for the month of October

Thank you for reading and coming along with journey with me

I hope to inspire and motivate you through this series  

 Today I am going to talk about and encourage you 

to sign up for a race 

Benefits of Signing up for an organized Race:

#1. Run for a Cause or event 

Many races have a cause that the money is going toward

or an event that the money is going toward the entertainment afterwards

I haven't ran a 5k for a cause yet but really want to in the future 

I did just run the Running Scared 5k in Herriman Utah 

and the money went toward entertainment, face painting

games and treats for the kids afterwards    

#2. Shape and define your legs

Runners tend to have nice legs, usually toned and muscular 

training for a 5k can help you to develop your own pair of lean legs  

#3. Tone your stomachs 

 Running is a great way to flatten your abs 

#4. Run with friends or make new friends

 Running a race with a friend is great for support, great for conversation

motivation and just fun You can also make new friends while running a race

You already have running in common with them :)

  

#5. Starts a habit

 There is something called a runner high and it is very real

  Racing is addicting!  

The more you do it, the more endorphins are released, 

which will make for an awesome feeling after running

 Common symptoms are euphoria, good mood, suppressed appetite, and more

After running a few 5ks you can then work your way up to a 10k 

and if you really like it a half marathon and maybe even a marathon one day

My lifetime goal is to run a marathon

I was training for a half marathon twice but then got pregnant so 

I will have to work my way up to those miles again 

but working my way up with each race I do

 

#6. They are FUN   

 And the last benefit to running a race is they can be soooo much fun

especially if you have the right attitude about it 

Like I said earlier in the post I just ran the Running Scared 5k this last weekend 

in Herriman Utah and it was a blast

 as you can tell from the name it was a Halloween theme

They encouraged you to dress up so that is exactly what I did 

and everyone else there were some really fun costumes 

and it was pretty hilarious seeing tiger, the joker, or the power rangers running a 5k 

I went as barbie from Toy Story 3 

I will show you a better pic of the costume in another post 

But of course I wasn't going to be able to run in the high heels I will be wearing on Halloween 

and I wore a jacket because it was freezing 

The picture above is me and the rest of the crew at the starting line ready for the race to start

 Finishing up the race

 Tired after crossing the finish line

I didn't really train for this since I just had my little Holden

I ran like twice at the gym before this 

so considering that I think I did pretty good

and it for sure got me wanting to get back into the love of running

The cold air killed my lunges though I am used to running inside 

 My metal for finishing 

It is a cute skeleton that says running scared on it 

 My support team

My sweet little boys plus my hubby

As I was finishing maddux was saying "go mommy go mommy"

It was so cute 

I will be bringing him to all my future races 

Make me want to do better with his little voice cheering me on 

The Results:

 Overall I got 42nd out of 165 participants 

That is everyone running the 5k male and female all age groups

 Then when I first checked the results I was first place 

in the 20-24 age group

Woohoo, oh wait I am 26

So even though I would love to claim that first place

I was honest and went and told them I am in the wrong age group

So they fixed it and I ended up getting 4th out of 27th in my real 

age group of 25-29 year old females

Can't complain about that especially since I just had a baby 2 months

ago and didn't train I felt like I was gonna die 

part of the due to the cold burning my lungs and me not training 

but I reached my goal of running the whole thing without stopping

and ended up doing pretty good 

I finished at 29:06 min

 3rd place on the podium because the girl who placed all around 

didn't place again on the age group 

so even though I technically got 4th I got 3rd for the awards

woop woop

 My participant T-shirt

haha I am a sucker for a free night shirt/lazy day shirt what can I say

and it is really comfy 

 

You will feel so accomplished and proud of yourself after you complete

your race no matter the distance of it

It is a great Feeling

so go look up a race you can sign up for, sign up and start your training

You will be so happy you did  

 Come back tomorrow for another Health and Exercise Tip

And make sure to check out the previous posts of this series HERE

You don't want to miss anything :)