For quite some time now, running a 5k has been on my bucket list. The first time I actually planned to do it was right before the pandemic hit– I had been training a bit early 2020 and was looking into races in the soon coming spring. When we did get quarantined, I assumed things would be back to normal by summer, so kept practicing on the treadmill in my basement. That summer I got COVID and it messed up my body a bit, so I gave running a rest, and picked it up again the next spring. Summer came again and I was off to Honduras, so I embraced the delicious foods and lack of safe running trails until I got back. I signed up in February and did a little bit of C25K (Couch to 5k, a free and legit plan to get you in shape for completing a full race) again, slowly bringing myself from someone who runs an occasional mile at the gym to making it a bit more of a routine. As luck would have it I got sick multiple times in those months, so my training was not the best, but I still went at it when I could.