The Human Race

I have learned that running is an addiction.  You either keep as far away from it as you possibly can or it takes over your life.  I ran cross country when I was in Jr. High and did fairly well but decided that it wasn't helping very much on my quest to popularity and took the cheerleader route instead.  Since then I have only run a handful of times.  My roommate Sam and I would run together and I decided I liked running ok.....but had I not had to answer to her I would have slept in.  Then there was this boy that I liked...and he liked to run.  I found that I can run a very long distance without getting tired when I am trying to impress a boy ...but I paid for it for many days later...and ended up back on the couch! As you can see...I was the type that kept as far away from running as I could. 

Well I have a confession....

My name is Tennille and I am a runner!

Who would have thought I would have ever said that.  Here is how my addiction happened.  I moved to Florida and here you can run outside year round....I still wasn't sold.  All of my friends were running the 9 mile "Gate River Run" where you pay money to run over these beautiful bridges...pay to run NO WAY!  Then my Dad gave our family a challenge.  He saw Arthur on "The Biggest Loser" finish a 5k and challenged our family to run a 5k.  Arthur was 400 lbs. and he did a 5k...I can do a 5k.  Then my competitive side kicked in (which rarely happens) but I wanted to complete a 5k and have the fastest time of the girls in my family.  So I started training.  My first run...I couldn't even make a mile without walking...but after a few months of running I completed my first 5k race "The Human Race" this morning with my fastest time to date - 31:23.  

These are my friends who ran with us - Machell, Me, Rick, Lizzy, and Leesa!

 There are 4 of us who train together and we have a special "uniform" Grey Tops and Black Bottoms!

 Above I said 4 of us train together but 1 of us didn't show up for the race.....

As soon as the race was over...I wanted to sign up for another one (addicted).