I conquered my FIFTH 5K y'all!!

Hey y'all! 
Yesterday was an EARLY but AMAZING day!! I was up before the sun preparing for my FIFTH 5K!! The drive to Hernando felt like the longest drive EVER! Not sure if it was the fact that it was so early or the fact the my anxiety was in OVERDRIVE.. Probably that last one😉 I made it to the spot of the 5k, parked my car and headed to the start line to wait for my good friend Jessi (Who happens to be one of the original members of team #WalkinwithKelley from the first 5K!). Thankfully she arrived just before the race and she even brought an ADORABLE redhead to tag along with us! 





Y'all this one was definitely one of the roughest 5K's to date! There were Ssssoooo many hills! And we all know how much I "LOVE" hills! I am so incredibly thankful Jessi and little red were with me cause I don't think I would have ever made it thru this one on my own! Around the mile and a half mark the stiffness and tiredness REALLY hit me! But thankfully I was able to keep talking to the girls and distract myself enough to push thru to finish the 5K in 1hr 5mins!! It wasn't under an hour like I had originally hoped for earlier in the week.. But with all the hills I am more than happy with that time! And it happens to be one of my fastest 5K times to date!! 





After we finished we headed over to the awards ceremony. That's when something happened that TOTALLY shocked me! As we were waiting for the costume contest the MC announced that the Blackfox Perserverance Award was going to the final finisher of the 5K... Which was ME! Y'all I was TOTALLY shocked! I have never won an award like this before! I admit it, I cried as I was walking to accept my award😭 And to make the day even better Jessi won the award for Best Dressed Female(TOTALLY deserved!)! It was definitely a winning morning for team #WalkinwithKelley !! 



So with the 5K I will end the week with 16.54 miles!! Now I set my sights on an even bigger goal for 2019... To walk in a 10K by the end of 2019!! Now don't worry.. I will definitely be participating in more 5K's too! And who knows, I may even throw in one more 5K before the end of this year!! For now I am going to rest these sore little legs!! But I will be back to the grind later this week!! I AM SPINA BIFIDA STRONG!! 

❤️Hugs💙
Kelley 

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