Up for the Challenge

There is an Exercise Challenge series of races in the Twin Cities this summer covering every type of health "challenge" from diabetes and obesity to arthritis and addiction. Today my twin sister, her daughter and I participated in the Challenge Addiction 5K.

Addiction has been a demon in our family tree that may never meet its end. But we ran/walked today to honor those who have defeated it one day at a time and to support those still suffering.

We did leave the house at 6 a.m. as  planned. For once, I was the one who felt at "home" wearing Vikings garb! Gotta love twins as opposite as we are!

My niece Ashley (she's the tall one) did the 2.5K, which was one lap around Como Lake. We walked with her for that lap and then Raylene and I took off like professional runners.

For 2 minutes.

As we planned in our "virtual training" together, we were going to stick with running 2 minutes, walking 2, running 2, etc. so we wouldn't injure ourselves in our "beginner" stages of running. That worked well. We didn't care about our finishing time at that point.

The best part was finishing together, hand in hand, supporting each other through to the end.

Finish line!

Our post-race "the old ladies did it!" selfie! We were proud of ourselves, yes, but those we ran for today, too.

Addiction is not an easy road to travel. I can guarantee you running a 5K is a helluva lot easier! So glad I could be a part of this today.

Thanks, Loving Sister!!