First 5K Race!

On Saturday I completed my first 5k race! It felt great! Well actually it felt brutal, that was no easy course, but in the end, it felt great. I was disappointed with my time at first, but then I got real. The course had 3 hills, the beginning of the course sucked, it’s a immediate downhill, so you don’t even have your stride and suddenly you’re going down, for a long while I might add, and then you haven’t even straightened out and you’re going uphill. So the first km was awful and I couldn’t catch my breath which does not happen for me. The rest of the race was better but a poor start still sets you back. And then there was 2 more hills which I was fine with, but still, slow you down. But in the end I came in under 35 minutes which is what I wanted anyways. So go me!

I’m going to go for a 10km race in September!

Next up I have a 5k obstacle race in a few weeks, SO EXCITED for it! I’ve always wanted to do an obstacle race. This was originally going to be my first race but then I found out about the other race 2 weeks ago, basically the day I’d done 5k for the first time and signed up for it since it was so cheap, only 15 bucks! The 10k I’m going to do is part of the same series so only 15 bucks again 🙂

And I inspired my dad to start walking! So proud of him! 61 year old man has pretty much done nothing but lay of the couch and sit at a desk for the past 15 years and yesterday when he saw me dressed in my workout gear he asked if I was going for a run. I said no (I was headed to the gym) and he said oh I was going to come with you, he says this kind of thing a lot so I didn’t think he was serious but I said okay, let’s go. And then he did! So we walked nearly 3km at a pace he said was fast for him. Said he was tired after but he’s fine today so we’re going to go out for another walk tomorrow! So will be a busy day for me, I go to yoga right after work, and then I’ll go for a walk with him and after that will do a quick jog.

Oh I also biked 16km on Saturday! Felt great, minus my bum. Hopefully it will get use to the bike seat soon! Damn annoying! Then I can ride longer 🙂

And I’m up to 6km on my long runs now! So exciting and proud of myself! Who knew I’d be doing this?

Also down to 173! I’m not going to cheat my diet this week (hopefully, so far so good) and maybe, maybe, I can finally be at 170 by the weekend! My workouts have been going great! I mean not last week since I was gearing down for the race, but I HATED it, because I had to do so much less than I did the week before, and I kind of love that I hated it. Like Thursday I couldn’t do anything and I was not impressed lol I was like maybe I’ll go for a walk, I’d had such a huge lunch, and my friend was like NO! Rest! So I grudgingly obliged. But I’m really just loving it! And mostly I feel great, sometimes I’m still down on myself because I want my tummy gone and my inner thighs are flabby, but I’ve come such a long way and I look and the mirror and I can tell I’m smaller. It’s so mind boggling I’m half convinced I’m seeing things but 25+ pounds gone doesn’t lie.