I’m starting to get a little nervous as I look at the calendar, my race is in just a couple weeks…will I really be ready? I scoped out the 5K race path in the park today. It seems so long, but fortunately there was only one rollercoaster type hill. I’m going to try to do most of my training outside in the park leading up to race day to get more adjusted to the terrain. I’m pretty sure I’ll come in 847th place out of 1000 runners, but as long as I finish, I’ll be okay! Today’s run was a success, the little sister remembered where I quit last time and made sure it didn’t happen again. I ran for 27 minutes, and the Nike iPod lady let me know I finished my fastest mile to date in 14.5 minutes.
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.
Oh geez, today was my 1st 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.
I was finally able to move on to the next week in my training schedule. I was a little nervous about what to expect. To my surprise, the goal for the day was a 25 minute run, and what do you know, I DID IT! Baby, it hurt, and I had to send up some special prayers to get through that. And guess what happened, my lil old guys showed up and cheered me on through just about every lap, and one even jogged with me for minute. How cool is that? I Completed 2.5 miles. I may have had to limp down the stairs from the track, but I finished with a smile.
**Of course my old guys look nothing like this, but I thought this pic was hilarious!!!
Again under the “wonderful” influence of my co-worker friend, before lunch we power walked a WHOLE mile. I was starting to perspire, not quite my style on my lunch break, but hey I did it.
What’s My NAME???!!! I exclaimed as I completed my 20 minute run in the park today, only stopping to find the car keys I lost in my sports bra, and jogging in place at the stop light. The little sister witnessed one of the total strangers that often cheer me on. A girl yelled out her window, something to the effect of “get it gurl, you can do it!” Now why me out of all the other gazillion people that were running in the park today? I assume it’s because I’m…*clearing throat*…curvy. But this curvy chick accomplished her goal today, and beat my fastest mile record, again…. AND, at lunch time, under the strong encouragement of my co-worker friend we did a brisk walk for ½ mile before we ate salads. Who am I??? LOL!
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, 
