The post 5K struggle!

Hey y'all! 
One week ago today I CONQUERED my SIXTH 5K!! And it was definitely ROUGH! When I got to the 5K site it was FREEZING! I thought to myself "You will warm up as you walk!"... That was not the case! I started out great and was hitting a great stride... That all changed at around the one mile mark! I'm not sure if it was because I was cold or what happened... But my knee just started to THROB! I slowed down to see if that would help and even stopped to stretch it out.. But nothing helped! I gotta be honest I at one point thought about dropping out.... But then I thought about how important it was to me to hit 1,500 miles and I sucked it up, dug my heels in and finished the last mile as strong as I could! I was definitely proud of myself after this one! I didn't give up or let my aches and pains get to me! I can now say I have CONQUERED SIX 5K's and walked over 1,500 miles! And that makes all the aches and pains worth it! 









So this week since that 5K has been an absolute STRUGGLE! I was hoping that knee issue would just work itself out and get better after resting on Sunday.... Well that hasn't been the case! It has been a week of Tylenol, icing my knee and minimal walking... Which has been HARD for me. I'm not one who has ever been good at taking a break.. It makes me feel like I am letting someone down. But the truth is EVERYONE needs break now and then. Our bodies can only handle the GO GO GO attitude for so long before it starts to fight back! Which is what my body has done this week! So yes my mileage isn't a stellar number.. But that's ok! Until I get an all clear from the Ortho Doc this week... My little legs will be resting on the couch! But I definitely hope to get the all clear this week cause we are only TWO weeks from what is supposed to be my SEVENTH 5K and right now that 5K is on hold till I get the ok to start training again... Stay Tuned... 





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Kelley 

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