The Marine corps base near us, which I am pretty obsessed with, has started hosting 5k (3 mile) runs again. The first in the series was a Surf N Turf, so some parts running on the beach and some on normal path. I almost didn’t do it, I didn’t feel ready and hadn’t run since a really bad episode when my breathing was tough a week or two prior. But, we had money invested, it was a fun opportunity, and I went with the goal of completing. And we’re off!

Running (in reality trodding) on the beach was really tough, but I did what I set out to do, which was complete it!

What you can’t see is that my feet are completely wet because I ran too close to the water line. Thankfully things dry. The sand, however, is forever. After the sand portion Brian left me to my own devices…

But he came back for me. I was very comforted by the fact there was a Marine Corps member every ten feet or so… should something have happened I was covered.

My time was atrocious, but it’s a starting point. Can only go up (down) from here. The next one we signed up for is the runway 5k. We get to run on the base’s landing strip! Going to be ridiculously hot but normally this area is off limits to running so I’m in.