Every journey must start with an initial movement, and while this accomplishment might not mean anything to serious runners, I finished my first 5K!!!! Okay, so i ran one in middle school, but I'm not going to count anything before puberty :)
The race itself was a ton of fun. The people who put it together had a bunch of volunteers all along the course with water guns and 5 gallon buckets to keep things cool for this race during the dog days of August. And did it ever work. I almost didn't even notice the distance. And at the end we got to jump off a dock into the lake.
One of the greatest things about running is that I can already tell it is bringing people closer. I got to run this race with my beautiful wife. We ran side by side the whole time and it was a wonderful experience. We also got to run the race with our friends Aaron & Jamie. What wonderful people I have surrounded myself with.
While in the world of endurance sports I am the awkward toddler trying to take their first step, It feels good to know that I have accomplished my first mini-goal. Napoleon Hill said that, "Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything." I am starting to catch the fire and I am loving it.
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