a day of firsts and exhaustion

Today I ran my very first 5K. After the race, if asked if I would do it again..., probably not! But in all honesty I would do it again. I am convinced that my body is NOT built for long distance running. I am a sprinter! But I did have a pretty good "kick" at the end, which makes me think that I should have started my kick a little sooner, or gave a little more during the race. But this makes me really scared for the triathlon in October. But I think I did considerably well. I ran it in 27:25. The guy that came in first ran it in 14 minutes!! I am not sure what the first girl was though, but I think she was pretty close behind, because she was dressed in one of those Olympic 2 piece things, that looks like you are wearing a swimming suit. The worst part of the race though was probably when I only had less than a mile to go and this lady passed me. She was probably late 30's, but she was pushing a stroller. Not that big of a deal. A couple of guys had passed me around the same time a little earlier and they were pushing strollers, BUT, (yes there is a but). She wasn't pushing ANY stroller, it was a TRIPLE DECKER stroller!!! That was quite the slap in the face. But I have the most wonderful supporter. No not my sports bra... My husband! He always reminds me that most of these people have trained for years and much, much longer than my little short couple of months training. This race though has opened my eyes and made me realize that I need to step up my work-outs BIG time!! I need to also eat a lot better too. But I think after this triathlon, I will probably just stick with 5K's.

And I know you all have been waiting for this. Canned peaches!! It went all right but I think I am done canning for the season now. We ended up making 36 bottles, with a huge bowl left over. (I all ready had made one emergency trip to the store to get another thing of bottles, and wasn't about to go again.) Amazingly everyone of them sealed! I ended up getting a water bath as an early birthday present, and I will say that I wish I would have gotten a steamer now. The water bath takes a long time. We haven't tried them yet either, so who knows if it was THAT successful of a first time for canning peaches. Regardless, they look pretty..., I guess.