Day 9: Keep on Keepin' On

I have to say I am VERY proud of myself! First though, I can't walk. Literally, my legs are so sore, I can't touch my toes and I can barely walk! I knew I was going to be this sore. I am getting made fun of at work because of the way I am walking. BUT I'm so proud because I ran the whole 2.5 miles without walking at all! I know some of you are probably like "BIG DEAL" but I have been running for a week. I think that's pretty good and I'm building endurance quickly. I am fully confident now that I am going to be ready for the 5K when if comes time. But I am not confident if I am going to be able to cross-train for 40 minutes today. Thinking about it makes me hurt!

Anyways just a little recap of last night. Here is the route I chose. Its similar to the one I ran last Tuesday because I wanted to see if it had gotten easier.

I ran it in 30 minutes! I thought originally I had ran it in a slower time than last week but I got to looking at it and I was wrong. I shaved almost 2 minutes off of my time. I'm really not focused on my speed right now though. I am just worrying about building endurance and later on I will work on my speed. AND I'm not running this race to win it...lol these girls usually run the whole thing in 30 minutes...but I don't want to be last. While I was running I was afraid that it was going to be a hard run. I started psyching myself out mentally because my legs were tired from lifting the day before. I just kept pushing and finally got the negative thoughts out of my head. I hit the wall right at 1.3 miles and I kept telling myself ok when you get to 1.5 you can walk. Well by the time I got to 1.5 I was like ok, I'm not dead, so keep running. By the time I got to 2 miles I was cruising! I didn't feel the need to walk at all. Then I got to the house and finished the 2.5 and felt great. I did some stretching and felt fine so I took back off and kept running until I hit 3 miles! I am so proud of myself!! This is a big deal for me. Running and not hating it is a big deal. And actually sticking to a workout plan as well.

So I'm getting excited and now I'm even more excited because my work has agreed to sponsor me in the race. That's money I don't have to pay and I am going to be running advertisement! So now what do I have to lose?

7 Weeks
2 Days
19 hours

Until tomorrow....Just Keep Running