Aid Sudan 5K

Last weekend Jason and I ran the Aid Sudan 5K.  This was my 2nd time to run and Jason's 1st.   He started training in January with me.   In the last month, we missed a lot of training due to injury and illness.   I had an on going knee issue and spent a lot of time sick.   Jason worked on our backyard drainage and garden which took time away from training.  The day of the race I felt great.  I planned to beat my time from last year.   Here we are before the kids 1K.

My kids ran their first 1K.  I was unsure how they would do.   They did really well.   My daughter finished in the first 20 kids and my son was about 15 kids behind her.   Here they are:

They were so proud of their ribbons.  

Next was Jason and I's turn to run.   Here we are at the beginning.

We ran the first 10 minutes with no problems.   Then into the 2nd mile Jason's knee started to tighten up.  He stopped and stretched.   We walked a little and he stretched some more.  His knee continued to give him issues.   We ran through the turn around and walked again.   After the turn around, his knee became so tight he was limping as he walked.   I decided then I would give up besting my time from the previous year and finish with Jason regardless of the time.  We walked a lot.   Jason kept trying to stretch it out and didn't have much success.  A friend from college caught up with us.   We ran the last stretch with him and encouraged him to the end.

You can see our cheering section in the above picture.   Jason pressed on and finished. 

I enjoyed Jason doing the race with me.  Hopefully, we can run together again next year and not have any knee complications.