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Mamas first 5k

 Hey guys, 

Jess here with another short blog, so in the post birth winning at mama life phase I decided I was going to focus on getting back to fitness and with a tough mudder around the corner (August) I decided to set myself some smaller target races, one of which was a 5 km race. 

I have already managed my way around a park run, and decided that as long as I ran as much of it as I could a 5 km race wasn't to much of a challenge, So i set about finding a local one. 

There was a 5k race going on not to far from me and there was enough time to get ready for it, so we made plans with the family for a day out and little man cheered on his mama's first 5 km back. 



We decided to take on the wallingford thames run, picking the 5k route that took you through the lovely little town of wallingford, and on parts of the thames path, it started and ended at the local school and there was a 10km option to which was 2 laps of the 5km course, this made is great for spectators to watch. 


Hubby grandparents and little man saw me off from the start line and cheered me in at the end and I enjoyed the scenic adventure of the run, it certainly was not all runing and I was no where near the start, but i wasnt last (not that this is ever a bad thing) and i did a decent amount of running so thats pretty good going for 10 weeks post birth. We enjoyed the sun, took in the sights of the fete and generally enjoyed a family day out. 

Getting back running after birth was never going to be easy, and i knew right from the start I was basically going back to square one, but as long as i listened to my body, took it easy and didnt try to do to much i couldnt really go wrong. 


So first 5km race done, enjoyed by all and great to be cheered on by little man it was about time to set my return to running in motion! 

Let's see how this goes! 


Thanks for reading 

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Jessie 

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