THE BIG 5k!!

Today i ran my first 5k... well, i've been doing them by myself in training for the past like 6 weeks. BUT, today i ran my first "5k" if you know what i mean. and by doing so i learned a few things about running...
1) Go the the bathroom before hand.
2) Don't go dancing till 2:00am the night before (btw a stranger full on pinched my butt, i should be totally appalled and i was when he did it, but frankly i'm rather flattered that my butt is so pinchable that he just had to have it!)
3) Get up on time (hint: if you do #2, then #3 won't be as hard)
4) Run with a friend (i had Inga my dog slash "the turd")
5) If it's cold, buy one of those fancy running mouth thingies Kim had.. i always wondered what those things where for!
6) Don't get to excited when running down a hill, because that only means you have to run back up it later!... (hee... haw... hee... haw... shout out to Nicole and you know why!)
7) Run for yourself but cheer on your friends
8) OH! don't eat before hand! (stomach cramps suck!)
9) If the friend you have picked is a cute little brown dog in a pink coat, don't be surprised or hurt if people cheer her on more then you!
10) Music, music, MUSIC! (with that i'd like to thank the Killers! you fill my soul)
11) Give yourself ONE goal to do while running and stick to it.
12) if you don't think that you can run anymore, start making a list of "things learned" in your head to post on your blog later!! something worth living for i guess! :o)
...Now, for the most important thing of all i learned today....
13) I can do it! even if others didn't think i could, or if i don't look the part because i do it with mascara, i can and i did! I ROCK ALL YA'LLS DIRTY OL' SOCKS OFF!
Side Note #1:
i'm walking back to my car victoriously when i see a VERY old family friend who works at the temple on Saturdays. when i greeted up and asked how he was, he replied... "i'm writing a note to this JERK who is taking up two parking spots! two people can park where this moron put his car!!
it was horrible... it was my car... so i got in mumbling something about being late for the run and hoping that this wasn't going to be a subject of talk amongst the temple workers. i can see it now... "did you know the Fulk girl is back from her mission? yeah shes a jerk, did you see how she parked her car?"
you see, because i ignored "thing learned" #2, i slept in and only just barely made it to the run on time (hence why i didn't pee before hand! no time!) so i really wasn't paying attention when i parked and not only did i take up two spots but i parked crooked so i was kinda hang in the driving area as well... oh to shame!
Side Note #2:
some jerk at the begging of the race took one look and Inga and said... "i give her one mile!" little did he know that she'd been training with me! she sure showed that guy by taking... 1st place... in the dog category!
Side Note #3:
Jen and i were super close the whole race and the whole time i was thinking! "oh i really hope that she catches up so we can run in together!" so i was rooting her on when i could. Meanwhile, Jen was thinking, "i've got to beat Amanda! i can do that! i secretly want to beat her!" and i think that that is the funniest thing IN THE WORLD! Jen that is why i love your guts to bits!
El FIN...............