I've been running off and on for a few years now. My most recent attempt to get back in to running (until now) happened in 2014. My husband and I trained for a half marathon in 2014 but I ended up in the hospital with a heat stroke that killed any and all training. I also have a tendency to start running, only to burn out after a few weeks or so.

In May of this year, I started running again, mostly because I went shopping with a friend and didn't like the way I looked. Another friend and I had also signed up for the Color Run. I was beginning to hit my wall, when I realized that if I was going to ever run a 5k again, I needed to get my butt up and going and running again, so that's exactly what I did. Since then, I've ran the Color Run and completed my first official 10k, with another 10k in October, and hopefully a half in the spring.

My Santa really nailed my gifts =) They actually came the day that I finished my 10k! I got a wonderful set of Bluetooth headphones since I hate dealing with cords (not only that but the headphone jack on my phone is broken) and an awesome hydration belt! I use the hydration belt on any runs over 6 miles since I don't want a repeat heat stroke.

Thank you so so so much to my Santa! I love both my presents and they work so so well!