Huntington Beach 5K

Our New Year's Resolution this year was to walk/run a 5K once a month. Well, we did the OC 5K in Irvine in January. We mostly walked coming in at about 100th place out of 120. Tanner didn't enjoy it quite as much as I had hoped. But we will try again.

Meanwhile, I signed up with my friend Theresa to do the half marathon in Huntington Beach on February 3rd. Well, didn't quite train enough or at all for that level so we opted to do the 5K. The organizers said we could not "downgrade" to the 5K because it was full. Hence, we did received the half marathon t-shirt. Due to the rainy conditions, we were able to "sneak" into the 5K since we had on so many clothes that they couldn't possibly see our "bibs." In spite of the rain, we had a lot of fun!!! It was cold. We were soaking wet. The first mile and a half the rain beat on our backs. On the last mile and a half the rain was slapping us in the face!!! We laughed a lot and couldn't believe we actually did it. I would do it again, and I'm sure she would too. I kept saying, "I wish I had my camera." We, along with everyone else, were a sight to be seen.