Another 5K

I was going to enter a 5K on the 16th of this month, but as fate would have it, another 5k came up before then. This one I didn't even know about.

While talking with classmates about our look live event stories for class, a classmate mentioned he was going to shoot Buddy's Race on the 10th. What's Buddy's Race? It's a 5K race for cancer survivors sponsored by Buddy's BBQ. I told him how I love 5Ks. He said he was going to talk to the sponsors and shoot the race and if I entered he could shoot me. I told him ok sure. So now I'm running in a 5K tomorrow.

I don't know how I feel about being featured in someone's story. I mean sometimes I don't mind talking about it and sometimes I just prefer to stay quiet. I cant explain it to people because it's too confusing. Regardless I'm happy that I'm going to get to race one more time this season.

Since this was so last minute I didn't get weeks to train for it, just a week. Unfortunately, it's been a very busy week so I missed two days of workouts which means running on just three days of training tomorrow. To make matters worse, I have to miss football in order to run this race! I hate missing football, especially when my team is coming off a bye and facing a divisional foe, but alas, sacrifices have to be made.

I want to help my classmate and I want to help raise money for the Thompson Cancer Survival Center. The breast care facility there is where I go for my mammograms and biopsies so I want to give back to them since they've done so much for me since I've been here. Running in a 5K is the least I can do.

So today I'm resting and preparing myself mentally for tomorrow. I don't know how it will go, but I'm hoping for another good race day to help ease all the stress I'm dealing with right now.