My First 5k

On the lovely 19th day of February, Megan *inserts picture here*

Megan Earl

aka Mugga, Mugan, Heffa, Megan Earl...(the list of random names goes on)...and myself walked a 5k in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for breast cancer.We had decided about a month previous to walk it. We were going to boot camp together and our class was participating in the walk. Megan's grandmother had breast cancer and we thought it would be a wonderful cause to support! Not to mention, it would force me to do some exercise...as you can see--Meg's is tiny--but she has been a great supporter and cheerleader for me to get my health in track. I stayed the night with her the night before, which brought me back to when we were kids. We played Just Dance for the Wii...if you haven't tried it--you should! I can't dance and let me tell you...I had a blast playing it! Anyways, after we were done acting like kiddie-adults we went to bed. It was late and we were hy--puh! Needless to say, we slept a little too late on the morning of the walk....in fact, we thought we were going to miss it all together. And this is where the pictures start!!! Hope you enjoy!! 

While on our way to the race we got a little camera happy...Megs suggested we take a pic of this 18-Wheeler. It looked like it was

going backwards. It was just being towed!  

 Then I started taking candids and I thought this one was funny! We were stuck in traffic.....

 She was still all smiles since it was only 8:20 in the morning. The race started at 9am so we were sure to make it on time....

Then she decided to be the photographer-extraordinare that she is and the clicking continued...

Me in the car stuck in good ole traffic. And did I mention there was construction going on too? We really should have planned a little better! 

Traffic at it's finest!

Now, some might ask "why is there a picture of a banana?' You may even answer yourself. It seems logical to eat a banana before exercising. Well, there is so much more to this story. The obvious fact is that we were running late. So being the Ruh-tards that we are...we said oh well...we will just eat a banana before we go walk 3.23 miles...NOT SMART!!! I was so hungry!!! But the backside to the banana is that earlier in the week at work Megs sent me a link which I'll post here about bananas...nothing but a bunch of fun, weird facts about bananas...Y'all should check it out. Bananas are most definitely VERSATILE!! 

http://www.thethinkingblog.com/2008/02/20-fascinating-facts-about-natural.html

At this point, we had been in traffic for about 35 minutes and the worry set it..Will we make it to the race?

Megan is such a good sport! 

Tick Tock Tick Tock......

And we arrived! That's me on the left and Megan on the right--20 years strong!

 Here are some of our fellow walkers and a picture of Tiger Stadium at LSU. The announcers at the walk said that it was the biggest walk they had ever had in Baton Rouge for breast cancer! 

Walking the first mile :) I was still all smiles even though I was HOONNNNGRY!!! 

And Megs walking backwards :)

The walk was a success. We made it there on time and felt both accomplished and inspired when we finished. 

My legs were tired but I knew that I had did myself a favor by walking it and I got to support a great cause too!