Getting Nervous

Sunday Workout

I was so busy on Saturday, and The Weather Channel threatened snow, so I missed my workout.  No worries, I made up for it today.  It was still a little cold so I went to the gym.  The little sister and her friend joined me.  I’m up to week 8 in my training schedule, which is a 28 minute run.  I did it!  I felt some pain about half way through, but I had to shake it off because my race day is sooner rather than later. 

America’s Next Top Runner

Okay, so I didn’t do the extra work out, and started all that self-defeating talk; what made me think I could do this?, I’ll never be able to run 3 miles, I need to lose more weight first, it hurts too much.  Then I thought about one of my favorite shows, America’s Next Top Model, and as soon as one of the girls begins all that negative talk and gives up, she takes a bad photo and gets booted off the show.  Well I didn’t want to be kicked off the show, so I changed my attitude.  Despite the fact that the last couple days of my life mirrored a Lifetime Network Movie Premiere, I put all that aside, and decided to go running anyway.  I went to the gym, and to my surprise none of my regular cheerleaders were there.  I had to do it by myself.  About 1/2 way through my run a very fit and attractive young man joined me on the track…. that was all the motivation I needed.  It’s too bad that today I looked like a complete wreck!   Anyway, I completed my 25 minute run and went home sweat funky and satisfied that Tyra Banks would have told me, “Congratulations, You’re Still in the Running to become America’s Next Top Runner.” … LOL J

My 1st Failure!

Oh geez, today was my 1^st failure, I punked out about 2/3 of the way through my run, I got a cramp in my leg, and a cramp in my side.  I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t stretch good or had too much on my mind.  So I’ll be trying again on my day off tomorrow.  Failure is not an option….Well technically, it wasn’t a complete failure because I still did 2.32 Miles, I just didn’t run the whole time.  In good news, my lil sister did a test run for my new podcast that trains people to get off the couch and gradually learn to run like I did.  It was a success, she passed me up!  Oh yeah, me and the co-worker friend walked a mile at lunch.  I guess my “failure” wasn’t so bad after all. 

Sisters & Brothers & Babies Oh My!