My first 5K

I got up at 6am......I headed to my first 5K!!

It was pouring rain and freezing!

I wore my garden boots.........

oh yea.....did I mention.....my job was to stand, shiver and cheer the runners!!

You thought I was IN the race.....HA!!! I ate a donut before the start and a fried chicken biscuit at the end....and I sipped my sweet tea while "they" ran.....

As I drove home I realized how exhausting it was to shiver, stand and watch the runners!! WHEW! what a morning!!

I was so proud of this year's first annual 5k Miles for Mercy. It is a fund raiser for the Mercy Ministry.

I was impressed when I saw a group running TO the race.....It was a chore just to get in my car and drive the 3 minutes! 

My son was volunteering with his mission team and had to arrive at 7:30am. The race started at 9am. I had shin splints by 8:45 from dancing to the music.

I was so excited to stand in the middle of a major intersection, hear the gun fire, see the people run and feel a different thrill than when I have been in previous gun/running people situations! 

I was so excited to be a part of this race! The part that walked across the street to wait for the end!.....

FIRST PLACE!!! (I don't know him)

I am afraid to post pics of people that I know....without asking them...because some people lead private lives....NOT ME!!!

However....not these two people!!

My favorite people in the whole world.....

Pastor Ricardo Green and his wife Reyna

They put up with me when I led the children's ministry for Su Casa. Reyna now leads the children's ministry and Ricardo is the pastor of Esperanza church. 

Ricardo believes that I will one day learn Spanish....I believe that one day he will understand that I am special.....