This past weekend was St. Jude Marathon Weekend here in Memphis. Rich and I ran the Memphis Grizzlies House 5K. It wasn’t a “best run” for either of us by a long shot, but that really isn’t the point of the 5K at this event. This is one of those “It’s more about the cause than the race” 5Ks.
Here are some pictures from the day. Enjoy!

My Stats as of when I finished. I can live with them given the three weeks 'down time' from training due to illness and injury.
In fact . . .
The best part of the race for me – aside from knowing that we were doing this for The Kids of St. Jude – was finishing this race literally hand-in-hand with my beloved husband Rich. Because he has been running longer, is taller, and has a longer stride than me he runs at a faster pace; therefore we don’t finish a lot of races actually, physically Together. This time he held back on his pace. In part because he was coming off three weeks of injury recovery, but also intentionally to stay with me to keep me encouraged and “going” up the hills.
And we crossed the finish line hand-in-hand. Which was really very cool! And yes, I puddled up.
Pace and where we finished didn’t really matter to me. Finishing with YOU did! It was a good day, and very inspiring, too. 🙂
Congrats to you both! You made me puddle up, too!