The most amazing child on the FACE OF THE PLANET
So Travis and I did our first 5k this past weekend! It was awesome!
The race starts and we are warming up and walking. And we start to jog. I was able to go for a bit, and I had a feeling that I would need to jog for a bit, walk for a bit, just like I do at the gym. And so Travis jogged a head (damn his long legs!) and I was kind of chillin. My asthma was kind of a lame, so I was taking it slow, using my inhaler.
Well as I am walking, up comes who else but my wonderful Vi. She is the lovely child who does not allow me to stress eat at work and supports me in my healthy life style. She jogs up to me and starts chatting. So she stayed with me the whole time, and we would set goals to jog a certain distance, then walk a certain distance. When we got to the turn around point, there was a car, and I jokingly said that I was going to lay down in it and get a ride back.
She stopped dead and looked at me and said "Ms. McNeilly!! Absolutley not, you will finish this race if it is the last thing I do!!"
She is the only reason I jogged as much as I did. She was my coach. An 8 year old pushed me to keep going, telling me I could do it the whole time, that I was awesome, and happily chatting with me. As we neared the end, we both were pumped, saying constantly that we were awesome and that we could do this.
We crossed the finish line together and I was so thankful I wanted to cry. Her mom took this picture of us:
We later found out she won second place in her age bracket! So proud of her, and seriously, I am the most blessed person on the face of the planet. Vi takes care of me each day. Hands down, one of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life!
But Travis and I are going to do another 5k. We loves it!!
The race starts and we are warming up and walking. And we start to jog. I was able to go for a bit, and I had a feeling that I would need to jog for a bit, walk for a bit, just like I do at the gym. And so Travis jogged a head (damn his long legs!) and I was kind of chillin. My asthma was kind of a lame, so I was taking it slow, using my inhaler.
Well as I am walking, up comes who else but my wonderful Vi. She is the lovely child who does not allow me to stress eat at work and supports me in my healthy life style. She jogs up to me and starts chatting. So she stayed with me the whole time, and we would set goals to jog a certain distance, then walk a certain distance. When we got to the turn around point, there was a car, and I jokingly said that I was going to lay down in it and get a ride back.
She stopped dead and looked at me and said "Ms. McNeilly!! Absolutley not, you will finish this race if it is the last thing I do!!"
She is the only reason I jogged as much as I did. She was my coach. An 8 year old pushed me to keep going, telling me I could do it the whole time, that I was awesome, and happily chatting with me. As we neared the end, we both were pumped, saying constantly that we were awesome and that we could do this.
We crossed the finish line together and I was so thankful I wanted to cry. Her mom took this picture of us:
We later found out she won second place in her age bracket! So proud of her, and seriously, I am the most blessed person on the face of the planet. Vi takes care of me each day. Hands down, one of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life!
But Travis and I are going to do another 5k. We loves it!!
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