Fit & Fabulous with Kristin Rae: Diva Dash Recap

Holly & I befor the Race

Ok so the Diva Dash wasn’t my best race but it was fun!! My worry & dread started on Wednesday when my foot started hurting a little. So I went to the gym & was planning on doing a light run to see how it felt, well that turned out to be a mile & a half run but oh well. My foot felt fine! Well, that all changed Thursday morning when I woke up, I couldn’t walk!! I was so upset because the Diva Dash was on Saturday. So Thursday I strapped my running shoes on & went to work, yes I wore my running shoes to work!! At this point I thought I had a stress fracture in my foot! I took some Advil & hoped for the best!! By the end of the day my foot felt better so I thought I could walk the Diva Dash. Friday was packet pick-up day. My foot felt almost back to normal but I was still not sure. I left work at 3:30 to go pick our packets & shirts. It was crazy there!! Then I stopped by my sister’s pharmacy to pick a foot wrap!! Friday was just a normal Friday, Todd went to bed at 7:30 & I stay up watching my shows!! I went to bed around 9!! Saturday I woke up at 6 checked my phone & my friend Holly was on the way!! My foot felt extremely good but I wasn’t taking any chances. I got dress, wrapped my foot & drink a lot of water!! Holly got to my house at 7 & we were off to the race!! The race started at 8 so we had time to stretch when we got there. We both started off running but after the race started Holly started to walk. I ran a little further but started walking about a mile into the race! Once I came to the turnaround I started to run again!! Then I started walking again after about a ½ mile. I walked the last of the race but I did manage to RUN across the finish line. I finished the race in 42:34 which considering I had a foot injury is pretty good. I could have ran more & done better but I wanted to make sure my foot was ok!! My foot is fine I think I just over did my training!!