Back in the Saddle

This past Saturday morning, I ran in the Monster Dash held at (you guessed it!), Vala's! (It's a popular place, I tell you!) This was my first race since Kari's been born and, despite the air being a tad chilly!, was a lot of fun and very fulfilling for me. I was supposed to have done a run waaaayyyy back in April, but my milk supply went way down and I had to back off until around September when she started eating more baby food and nursing less.

Jessica was very festive and was such a cute bee! I didn't think about a costume until 6:30 that morning and so I guess I'll dress up next year :-). One guy out there even painted himself completely blue and was only wearing his blue shorts! (He looked a bit cold, but he was also one of the super-fast runners and so he wasn't out there for too long!) Thankfully, it wasn't as cold as it could have been--it turned out to be such a gorgeous day!

Since the air was so chilly (and will only get chillier!) Jessica and I will wait to do another race until spring. Maybe this winter I'll try putting the treadmill on an incline so those hills won't be so killer!