Wet weekend to proud Mom minute...

Well, it's official. I have finally run a race in the rain! I ran Tulip Festival 5K. I was thinking when we signed up for it..."no problem....it will be close to the end of April, the weather should be getting nice." That's what I thought....and in all honesty, the week leading up to the race was beautiful! I thought for sure it would be great! HA! Mother nature is such a prankster! I am glad though that the wind that was blowing the evening before the storm was gone before the race. Rain is much better than wind any day. I didn't set any personal record for speed this time, but I did better than I expected to do, and that in its self is a personal success! When we finished, we were soaked!

Chet came with us to the race and in my heart and mind I brought along Ford and my Dad. Ford because he challenges me to work harder than I do when I am on my own, (he says it's because his legs are longer...) and my Dad because he was at the finish of the last race I did before this one, and I could hear him ask how I was... I smiled in the rain and said out loud..."I'm tired Daddy, but I'm good" And I was good. Wet and cold but good! :)

  Fast forward through this wet and soggy weekend to today. Monday is and has been for a year or more now, workout with Ford day. At some point Megan gradually started joining us and now on most Monday's we workout together. A few weeks ago, Megan started working out with her long time friend later in the evening than Ford and I, but we are all still working out on Monday :) Today, Shaylee (Megan's friend) asked for some instruction on how to do a couple of the Exercise moves, I didn't hear her at first, so Ford jumped right in and offered her what he and I have learned. In fact even though we had already done our workout, he stayed with them and did almost another half workout to show her the things she asked about. Then spent time answering a few other questions she had. Then I heard him give all the credit to the things he knows to me for teaching and showing him...Made me smile!

Then what really made me smile was when he came up to talk to me about what had been going on and he thanked me again for teaching him and told me he knows now why I like to help people learn this stuff! It is fun and feels good to help someone else begin their own journey! So all in all, between Megan recruiting friends to "come get healthy" with her, and Ford offering instruction, I am having a very proud Mom minute!
Not bad for a Monday! ;)