I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAY 22 ~ check~

Wow!  I completed the 5k this morning and it was great!  It was a challenge, lesson and achievement all in one!  My family and friends were so supportive!  It was amazing to be a part of something bigger than running on my treadmill or on familiar streets.  For anyone who is not familiar Rochester is about and 1 hr 15 min. from our home.  We stayed over night at a Hilton property that took dogs.  Charlie was awesome and loved every minute of it.  The lilacs this year at the festival in Highland park were already on their way out which was disappointing but the Azaleas and Rhododendrons were blooming in full swing.  (OK< i know this is not a gardening blog) 
Anyway, the weather was cool and overcast.  There was  a lot of runners!  people were all cramming into the middle, being somewhat claustrophobic i stayed on the edge with my i-pod on; listening intently to the songs i have listened to over and over on my treadmill.  it was comforting to hear them and i told myself it's just like being at home.  (with hundreds of people in my basement :) )  So many people took off fast!  Through my reading and advice from a few people i stayed with my pace. I made my first mile ( and know now what a split is) at 12:03.  There was hills... which was stated on the website but i had know idea about the streets and what the incline would be.  But there was hills!  it was fun to see the finish line and run towards it.  I could see the time and i did not  want it to roll over to the next minute so i picked it up has i ran through.  Bill yelled out my name and the girls yelled.  I never heard Charlie say anything but i know he was proud of me too!  I walked for a bit and ate some Jelly Belly energy beans while i drank some water.  We walked to the car and went back to the hotel and we went for a swim and sat in the hot tub.  Know one was in the pool area at 9:30am on a Sunday morning so we had the whole thing to ourselves which was awesome.  Bill reminded me that when I run our church Summerfest 5k,  I would not be as pampered with hotel stay, a breakfast i don't have to make, a pool and a hot tub to relax my muscles in.  But, for the first one I am grateful.  Thank you to everyone for reading, helping, encouraging, talking, listening ...all of it.  I have an amazing family and friends!  Thank you!   About 10 weeks to the next one!!!!

back on !!

Just ran 45 minutes on the treadmill.  my treadmill says 2.78 miles my pedo meter said 4.03 ~ huge difference ! hopefully I ran somewhere around 3 miles.

ALMOST 3 MONTHS

It has been almost exactly 3 months since i have started the training to run a 5K.  I have had my worst time of all these past two weeks.  Things were going great until fairly recently.  To the point that i actually took a week off.  I had  been to the doctor and my cholesterol was the highest it has ever been, blood pressure up and not able to loose a pound.  If i look back none of those things were my goal.... my GOAL was to RUN a 5K but they kinda of took over my goal.  And when I received such a frustrating and disappointing report after working on this for 3 months i really became discouraged! 

So, I ran yesterday and actually had to walk in the middle of a run for the first time .... I am going to really try hard to refocus this week.  My first 5k is this Saturday and I was looking so forward to it!  Somehow i hope my determination and confidence resurfaces and I continue after Saturday.  I will let you know how it goes.  Send positive vibes my way- self sabotage go away! 

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I don't know if the weather is the major culprit but wow  my motivation is dwindling!  Self-sabotage perhaps?  Race right around the corner, working on this goal since February and now I am feeling uninterested and uninspired? The challenge shouldn't be over until i have meant the challenge  (the 5K RUN  )maybe the challenge was to see if i would stick to the program?  how can a give up now, when i am two weeks away from finishing it? I don't know, but i seem to have been side tracked ...

I ran with a friend Saturday and it was great.  The path was great we talked the whole time.  It was really good, but I have done nothing since, except i forced my self to run 28 minutes today.
Blah, blah I know  there are so many other things going on and to truly be concerned about.  But, for lame posts like this one is way  I wanted the to have this blog to journal my achievements and failures and doubts .