running challenge

So the challenge continues with some tweeks.  this week I started the pre training to training for a 5k.  I want to run a 5k in less than 30 min.  Ultimately about 24 minutes.  I aim high,  I also am determined and bull headed and do what I set my mind to do.  So for the next four weeks I will be running 5 days a week.  After that starts the 5k training.  I absolutely adore running.  I use it to de-stress.  There is a euphoric feeling that comes with running that only runners understand.   I like that feeling.  I used to attempt that feeling many years ago with drugs and alcohol except with running my mind is clear.  I now get why people run marathons.  I also like to beat my times I run.  Today I averaged 8:40 per mile.   Best time ever.  So I was able to run 3 miles in less than 30 minutes.  Something I never thought I could ever do.  Something I announced to a lot of people during church that I wanted to run 3 miles in less than 30 minutes by the end of 2012.  Well I have changed that goal.  I am now setting a goal to run a half marathon by February of 2013.  I plan to run the princess 1/2 marathon at Disney.  So I will train up to it in small goals.  Plus I have to make sure that the older two are mature enough to stay in the house to babysit because running a half marathon will take two hours when I get to that point.

Day 30

I cant believe it is already day 30.   I also can't believe the slacker in blogging I have become.  I also did not do as well as I would have liked.  However, i don't dwell and I continue forward.  When I weighed myself a coupld days ago I was 169.4.  So this journey will continue.  For now this blog with be my weight loss journal and tracking my running progress.  I am on track to start the pre 5k training.  well sort of I missed yesterday but that was for circumstances beyond my control.  Not an excuse.  Legitimate reasoning of places I had to be yesterday.  So I will run today.  :)    3 miles.  I will continue to count calories while I am on vacation.  I will even run on the beach.  that will be my ultimate joy.

Yes I will get a picture on here later :)

day 23

It has been a few days but I have good reasons.  Over the weekend we took an unexpected mini vacation for a marriage retreat to Hilton Head, SC.  Courtesy of the Army.  Very nice hotel, food included, and  childcare included.  It was fabulous.  I also have had two sick children.  They are better now.  i did cheat over the weekend but not in excess so I did not gain but I did not lose either but we shall see by the end of this week where I am at.  I am still running every other day about 3.5 miles.  Next week I am going to start a pre training program for a 5k.  Once I am done with that I will move on to training for one.  I will then enter some 5k races locally.  Then I will start training for a 10k.    All the while the scale will continue to go down and will be more tolerable to run while not carrying the weight of a small child.