This past weekend was my sister getaway. I have been looking forward to it since forever, and was so excited to get out of the house by myself! This year we ended up taking it to Boise, so we could race in the Women Celebration 5k. There are 15,000 runners that come to participate. I have never seen anything like it! Remember, this is the race that we were making our own little "race for the cure" of sorts... and we sported our shirts proudly. Being pregnant, I just knew that I'd have to "take one for the team" and sit it out... since jogging a 5k or even walking that far was pretty much out of the question for my sickly state. Then we found out that this race offers a "special achievers course", which basically was a shortcut that cut the 3.1 miles in half. Uhhh PERFECT! I was a little nervous (since I was signed up in the competitive running wave that was timed) that I would be tackled by officials en route via the shortcut being accused of cheating, but that never happened. They could just tell I was a special achiever. A special achiever that would pop you one with my umbrella if you got in my way. Oh, that's right... I forgot to mention that it rained buckets on us the ENTIRE MORNING! It was awesome. I loved walking in the rain, jumping in puddles, and enjoying the scenery while my mind was on my sisters who were running their butts off to the finish line, gasping for breath, and no doubt pinching their side aches away. Suckas!
I made it to the finish line just as my oldest sister Natalie was making her way to the finish. That's right, she ran 3.1 miles in the time that I walked 1.5 miles. (Although, I will proudly say that I DID jog a third of that first mile). It was awesome, it was then when I saw her pushing herself to her limit that I remembered what this race was about. We were running with angels, we were running FOR them. My dearly missed sister and mother. We felt their presence very strongly. They are proud of us. And I am proud of us! My sisters trained so hard, and each got their best running time yet! Not to brag or anything, but I too, was the first special achiever to cross that finish line. I know, I know. Amazing.
I think it's safe to say that I have the most awesomest sisters ever. They are my besties. I think we laughed and joked the whole weekend through. We had a great time together and I was sad to say goodbye! Our race for next year is already in the works. I think this is going to be a tradition. It's probably a good thing that it won't be until next year, because I'm going to need that long for my legs to recover! :)
