Our First 10K, ever

I have never been fond of distance running. In high school I ran because I had to. After that, I never imagined that I would ever run again, especially long distance. Its been almost 30 years, but I decided to give it a try. I recently began running around the track of our baseball field. When Gato decided to join me, I recognized a natural runner. I searched and found an official running event in Santo Domingo, something unheard of for our rural kids. Gato and I decided to go for it. We began training a little over a month ago. I started with a mile, Gato started with 6, them worked up to 12 in the first week. I told him maybe he might want to take it easy, since we were just getting started. Over the month I worked my way up to 10K and he worked his way down. Last week we went to SDQ and ran the race. It was a big event, well organized, with a lot of people. It was quite exciting, especially for Gato, and for me to watch him get excited to participate. It was a blast. Gato blazed through it finishing 30 out of 500 with a time of 40 minutes. It was a blessing for me to come in and finish and to see him proudly wearing his medal. God is so sweet.