The Priester's Carolina Roost: Run, Lindsey, Run...and please keep running this time...

So I have picked BACK up on running, consistantly and for a goal, for the first time since August! Shew, that's a long time. I "sprained" my ankle in August while I was rehearsing for the second run of the wonderful show RENT at Trustus Theater in Columbia. At the time, I was also training for my first 5K run with my good friends Katie Weatherword and Leigh Ann McGee. We had really been working so hard to stick to our training plans and build our endurance while getting in shape and hopefully shedding a few "lb's" in conjunction. Only a few days before the 5K race my awesomely 90's 5-inch black chunky ankle boot HEEL decided to part ways with the part of the boot that contained my foot and ankle. This decapitation of my right boot heel sent my ankle twisting outwards just before losing my balance and falling off the 4 foot platform I happening to be attempting to leave prior to this moment. I earlier placed the word "sprained" in quotation marks because for about 3 1/2 months I thought it was simply slow to heal. However, 7 months, MRI imaging (cha-ching $), Podiatrist visits (cha-ching$), a perverted nurses assistant (eww...different blog, different day), 3 months of physical theraphy (cha-ching$), and one crazy stressful wedding (cha-cha-cha-ching-ching $$$) I'm back on the road trying to build myself jogging back up!

After training for a few weeks I FINALLY finished my first 5K! "Get to the Green" in 5 points was part of thekick-off to the annual St. Patrick's Day celebration that is so famous around Columbia. I had an absolute blast and now I'm addicted!!! I can't wait for the 10K in two weeks!

There was also a costume contest involved with the race, hence the crazy "green man of glitter" and the stuffed leprechaun on a man's backpack...