WE DID IT!!!

Our first 5k!!!!!

Me and D!

YEAH US!!!!

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Movin on up....

So I'm about to move to week 5 of the couch to 5k. I am not sure if that is cheating or not, technically I've done week 4 three times. The second time was somewhat a failure, as I had to quit my last run a little early. But the 3rd time I did it. And I also took a minute and a half off of my timed mile this week. Usually I would do a week until I did it three times without failure, but in this case week 5 looks much more appealing then another week 4. So call it a cheat, but I'm movin on up!

Also, I'm feeling super inspired this week! Not only did my good friend do a 5k and a 10k (her first of both) all a week apart just recently, but she just posted her one year transformation. She is truly inspiring, and I'm SOOO proud of her!

Note to self....

....when using a podcast for training don't ASSUME you know whats on it.

Listen first.

Prepare yourself.

So when the wench that made it tries to kill you* by making you keel over from exhaustion, you'll know to turn right on the trail instead of left, and you won't look like a 700lb dog without water as you do your best impersonation of a jog past the 230 people sitting outside watching the 8th grade baseball game, but instead can take the slightly longer but more secluded path to your back yard where you can THEN fall to your knee's, hurl your brains out and cry like a baby on being weaned from the teet.....without an audience!



*she added an extra 90 seconds of jogging and an extra 90 seconds of walk, which may not seem like much, but when your already moving up a week and your also adding the outside elements, it is enough to send you to an early grave! I promise.

Pat thy self on thy back

I haven't blogged about it much. Partly because I'm a bad blogger, partly because every time I did I failed.

BUT I've been on track for just over 6 weeks now and have lost 19.5 lbs!!!! So I'm pumped. My first few weeks, I didn't do much for exercise, all diet....thanks to my surgery and such. But since April started I've been to the gym at LEAST 3 times a week.

I'm working on the couch to 5k program. Because I enjoy intervals. And as much as I HATE it and am horrible at it, I've always wanted to be a runner. I've finished the first two weeks and am contemplating the third. (Do I start now or take another day at week 2).

Anyways, just needed to give myself a little public pat on the back :-)