run for compassion 2010

Thanks to some gentle “prodding” from a friend, our family signed up to run and walk the Run for Compassion 2010 fun run.  Summer and I signed up for the 5K walk and I signed Hubby up for the 10K run.  He was hesitant about running it as he had not been training and hadn’t run that far in a long, long, long time.  If ever.  He was a good sport and gave it a shot. 

Summer and I got to visit with Liz and Sarah on our leisurely 5K walk through the neighborhood.  Summer was actually quite entertaining.  She walked almost the first mile backwards.  She finished that mile skipping.  By mile two, we all decided we needed a drink from the water stop and were greeted by some really cute helpers who were about 4 years old.  Needless to way, we ALL got water. 

I kept thinking about my sweet Hubby… wondering where he was and how he was faring in the run.  It was somewhere after the 2 mile mark that we started getting passed by the 10K runners.  Then along came John… but no Hubby.  It was here that I started thinking maybe he’d finished after the first 5K. 

As the girls and I came to the finish line, I started scanning the crowd.  No Hubby.  John decided to head back up the course and take a look.  And a few minutes later, here they came… running!  They crossed the finish line and Hubby was done. D.O.N.E.

His knee hurt.  Bad.  So we headed back to the house and John iced and bandaged him up.  What a brother. It took two days before the poor guy could walk right again.  I felt horrible for “making” him do the run. 

But you know what?  He’s ready to train and do it right.  I think I’ll still walk, though.