5K Run!!!!!

I posted this as a reply to Kathy's post already, but then changed my mind and decided to post it seperately as well. Ha~!!!! We had a great time...Kathy is amazing...Due to some last minute irritating cir****tances, my plans changed a little. I had to bring my 2 kids. My 11 year old daughter Mishalle has been training with me for the run, and kept Kathy company. They did great!!! Kathy ran the 5K, and Mishalle amazed herself by running it as well!!! Great job!!!! My 7 year old son Thomas stayed behind with me, and I dragged him along as a walker...He did great for a little guy, but I did feel a little left out ....I have been looking forward to my first 5K run for soooo long...Oh well, I am proud of Kathy and my daughter Mishalle!!! And Thomas and I had a great time walking...We made the best of it and enjoyed eachother's company. It was a beautiful day. Mishalle now says she wants to do as many runs as she can, and we are planning to get back to training bright and early tomorrow morning with a nice morning run. WLS has been a blessing for me and my family. I am happy to be able to share a new, active, lifestyle with my kids. Anyone doing a 5K run in CT anytime soon?? I would like to sign up, (and so would Mishalle, God bless that child!!!) Thanks for all the support!!!!! Thanks Kathy!!!!

Hey Dorota, I will look up next road race in Ct and will let you and Reenie know for our next road race. I am sorry you did not make to run 5K but next time you will make it! I was very impressed Mishalle ran great!!! Dorota is so lucky to have running buddy and support buddy by her wonderful daughter Mishalle! here are pictures of us and her kids too. hope the website came out fine http://s207.photobucket.com/albums/bb215/kkrewsky/

You both look AWESOME, and Dorota, your goods are beautiful! I am so incredibly inspired by you and Kathy - count me IN for that next run. Your Reenie

Hi Kathy, I Had a great day yesterday. Thanks for making it possible.. Mishalle had a blast. SHe says she had no idea that running in a race would be so much fun. She dragged me out of bed this morning to go running. Thomas took his bicycle and rode with us. I was feeling a little sorry for myself yesterday morning, becaues I ended up not running, but I ended up having such a fantastic time, that there really was nothing to be sorry about!!!! Hey, maybe next time you can persuade your kids to come along as well??

For any of you that have not met Dorota yet, you are missing out on what is the true definition of a successful person. She is a wonderful mother to the kids, a supportive wife to Enrique, a great friend to have, and now looking forward to a new position at work. IN ADDITION, she has done a fantastic job reworking her life since surgery. If you ever need someone to talk to and get inspired, this is it. Peter

Ahhh Peter, you make me blush..... Not really knowing how to respond to all these wonderful things you wrote about me... But, I can tell you that my life now is completely different from what it used to be. I fight the good fight every day to stay on track and not slip back into my old habits. And I find great joy in the things I can do now that I could have never done before. So I do them......and I drag my kids along for the ride. And when the old demons try to overwhelm me, I don't let them. I push back self-doubt, and self-defeating thoughts, and push forward with a positive attitude. It makes all the difference in the world. And the other thing that has made a difference to me are all the fantastic friends I have met here, people who inspire me every day. Thank you..

Wow, Dorota, what an inspirational post! Please let me know when and where these races are; I've been thinking about attempting to do one for the last two years - this will give me exactly the incentive I need to push my exercise program to the next level! M.

Reenie, Kathy has been the inspiration for me. Let's not forget that she ran and I walked...lol But by all means, the more the merrier (sp?)! Let's do it. Kathy is gonna look up upcoming races, and let's just train for them now, the sooner you start the easier it will be... We had a great time, and if you can join us next time, I am sure we'll have a blast!

Reenie, I know your hometown and it is an EXCELLENT running on country road. Maybe Dorota and I will come your hometown to do our training exercise for jogging and talk after exercise. It have to be on Friday after 300 or one of days on weekends. I emailed my personal trainer to give me website for next road race in our local. Still waiting for her to respond back to me. Hugs Kathy PS Dorota Thank you for nice words about me. TRUE! It will be more fun, more support, and proud of oursleves. Dr Aranow will be more proud of us! You know our tough love doctor WINK! Hugs Kathy K

Here are websites so 5K's can be planned. http://www.runningintheusa.com/RacesByState.asp?State=CT http://www.racersresource.com/calendarCT.asp They are all over the place this time of year. I think it would be great for a slew of us to show up - if we can't run, we can walk. If we can't walk, we can cheer! Way to go in NL Ladies!!!!! Carole