The Couple That Races Together, Stays Together

Last Saturday, April 7, the hubs and I ran in our first 5k together.  It was a race put on by the hospital he works for and we were on a team with some of his other co-workers and their spouses.  Our team name was Run CMC, a spoof on Run DMC and a play on the name of where the hubs works.

We made t-shirts for our team with the above logo on the back.  On the front we put everyone's nicknames.  The nickname for my shirt was "Cookie Queen" because I like to bake cookies and bring them into the hubs's office.  Everyone in his office loves snow days, because I almost always come in with a treat!

This was the hubs's first race ever, and my third weekend in a row of running in a race.  I was feeling somewhat confident about my abilities and he was hoping to finish in under 30 minutes.    

I had two goals for this race:
1.  Get a personal best time
2.  Beat the hubs

Seriously, the hubs and I are both pretty competitive people.  I wanted to beat him so badly!  I have been running for the past year and a half and have been working really hard to become a better runner.  He got peer pressured into running this race and had been "training" for a total of three weeks.  I told him if he ran past me I would trip him.  (Wife of the year right here!)

Luckily, I kicked his butt beat him and got a personal best time, so all was right in my world.  He also accomplished his goal, so he was happy.

After the race, I enjoyed this amazing cheeseburger guilt free.  This is why I run.  So I can enjoy food and not feel totally guilty.  Just kidding!  Well, sort of.  It's one of the many reasons why I run, though!

It was so fun to run with the hubs!  I'm looking forward to the Color Run that we are doing in Boston and (hopefully!) in New York.  I think he's also going to join me on a few other races this summer.  Yay!