Truly the most beautiful thing about emergency services (firefighters, police, ems, paramedics) is that once you are hired, you're family. It doesn't matter where you live, what department you're on, you are family. I can't tell you how many craigslist adventures have turned into "Yea we just moved because I got hired with Cary Fire and...Oh you're a firefighter too". That's how we got our wooden fence for our dogs for practically nothing, that's how the fence got built; these guys will help you do anything, anytime. Firefighting is how we found our best friends who we ran the Blueberry Festival 5K with. Scott is also a firefighter and he and Jordan went through their academy together. Renee and I have been best friends ever since.
Ok back to Saturday. The humidity Saturday was easily at 100%, it was miserable. The current recruit class of RFD ran it as a unit. That was so powerful to watch them run and sing cadence the whole way through. They made the run a bit easier to run when you thought "At least I'm not singing this whole thing". The hills weren't too bad but the humidity felt like I was having to climb Everest. I did PR here at 28:16 which was good considering I was sweating buckets :) So thankful I had my sweet hubby there running with me the whole way, he even stayed with me through the "sprint" haha I don't think I can really call it that, more of a leg extension.
We finished out day in Winston Salem to celebrate Jordan's great-grandmother's 100th birthday! I hope that all this running keeps me healthy so that I live to see my 100th birthday! Nanny Nail is full of life and the sweetest woman you'll ever meet. So glad we got to celebrate with her! Here's a picture of the Nail clan,
This is my last 5k for a bit...I started my half marathon training yesterday...can't wait to be posting on that in September!
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