5K number NINE... CONQUERED!

Hey y'all! 
To say Saturday was a good day of walkin would be an understatement... Cause it was an AMAZING day of walkin!! I arrived at the 5K early, got checked in and was able to head back to my car to relax a little bit before it was GO TIME! 



Y'all the first mile to mile and a half of this 5K was AWESOME!! Thanks to a lot of downhill walkin I was passing people like it was the last lap of the Daytona 500! It was a GREAT feeling! Then came the bigger hills... Which were a BIG struggle! I knew I was slowing down... Or at least I THOUGHT I was! Around the last half mile or so I got a big boost when one of the ladies I had met at a 5K I did earlier this year ran by me and yelled "Go Kelley Go!"! Definitely put a little pep in my step and gave me a little push to finish STRONG! I crossed the finish line and looked down at my fitness tracker and it said I had finished in just over 1hr 10min! I was completely thrilled! The last 5K I finished in 1hr 14mins so to see that time on my tracker was a HUGE boost for me! 





When I arrived back home I decided to go on and see the official results... And got a HUGE shock when I saw that my official time was 1hr 9mins!! That puts me pretty much back where I was last fall!! I will be honest I was so excited I cried🙈! 



Y'all after this 5K I am so confident and definitely feel back to being me! Now this week it's time to tackle another BIG milestone... hitting 1,800 miles! After today's walks I am only 10.30 miles from 1,800!! Let the AMAZING walking continue! 



❤️Hugs💙
Kelley

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