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Well, not really. On Sunday, 3-4, I participated in a small, local 5K event - but I walked. I had committed to pacing a good friend of mine who recently started walking daily for 30 minutes. It's always more stimulating and more fun to have a partner. Although the wind was quite chilly at the gun, we warmed up quite nicely. The focus for this race was not on me and I loved it! I was able to remind my friend to breathe, challenge her to target someone and pass them and most of all, motivate her to keep going! This was very different from her usual 30 minute pace and she admitted she probably would have slowed down if she were solo. My friend was ecstatic to win 2nd place in her walking age category. As a bonus, I came home with a 2nd place trophy in my respective category as well. It will display very handsomely next to my half-marathon finisher medal.