Fred and I before the 5k in Indy! It was WAY too early...
As I continue on my journey of training for a 10k I have hit a few milestones this week.
*I officially committed to actually training for the 10k and finished my first long run of 40 minutes
*I have lost a total of 60.4 lbs as of Monday! :) Only 12.6 more to go to reach my initial goal! (We'll see if I decide to go any further)
Achieving these goals has really made me realize that I am capable of doing anything. I have started to realize how I have so much more confidence in myself in almost every aspect of my life. I feel like I am more social, a better teacher, and much more active. It's weird how eating better and working out can cause such great changes...WHO KNEW!
This week I also braved some new territory on my long run. I have decided that I now hate running on a treadmill and I was getting sick of the loop I was running at the park, so I ventured out to a neighborhood by my apt. In order to get to this different neighborhood I had to spend quite a bit of time on a busy street, which was definitely new for me...dodging cars, no sidewalks, mud puddles...it was definitely different, but a welcome change from the mundane trail I had before. Now I wonder, where should I run next?
On a sad note...I did see a dead turtle on my run on Sunday. :( For those of you that didn't know turtles are my all-time favorite animal and it made me a little sad to see him there...belly up, not moving by the side of the road. Since I was running and didn't really have anything else to think about I just kept running scenarios through my head as to how he got there and how he died. (Was he hit by a car? Did he just wander too far from his pond? Was he someones pet?)
This week my long run will be 45 minutes. I'm slightly freaking out, because this is about where I gave up the last time I was trying to train for a 10k. I am not going to be able to give up this time though, because the race is in only about 3 1/2 weeks. EEK!
P.S. 10 days of school left!
*I officially committed to actually training for the 10k and finished my first long run of 40 minutes
*I have lost a total of 60.4 lbs as of Monday! :) Only 12.6 more to go to reach my initial goal! (We'll see if I decide to go any further)
Achieving these goals has really made me realize that I am capable of doing anything. I have started to realize how I have so much more confidence in myself in almost every aspect of my life. I feel like I am more social, a better teacher, and much more active. It's weird how eating better and working out can cause such great changes...WHO KNEW!
This week I also braved some new territory on my long run. I have decided that I now hate running on a treadmill and I was getting sick of the loop I was running at the park, so I ventured out to a neighborhood by my apt. In order to get to this different neighborhood I had to spend quite a bit of time on a busy street, which was definitely new for me...dodging cars, no sidewalks, mud puddles...it was definitely different, but a welcome change from the mundane trail I had before. Now I wonder, where should I run next?
On a sad note...I did see a dead turtle on my run on Sunday. :( For those of you that didn't know turtles are my all-time favorite animal and it made me a little sad to see him there...belly up, not moving by the side of the road. Since I was running and didn't really have anything else to think about I just kept running scenarios through my head as to how he got there and how he died. (Was he hit by a car? Did he just wander too far from his pond? Was he someones pet?)
This week my long run will be 45 minutes. I'm slightly freaking out, because this is about where I gave up the last time I was trying to train for a 10k. I am not going to be able to give up this time though, because the race is in only about 3 1/2 weeks. EEK!
P.S. 10 days of school left!
I told Fred to show me his game face...and this is what I got. We'll work on this! :)
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