Personal Goal

I know that I am usually braggin' on the chirren on this site, but I am going to take a minute to give myself some props today.

I have officially signed up for my first 5K! Woo hoo! This is pretty big news because I was one of those kids in elementary school that came in last when we had to do the presidential mile in P.E. Ya'll remember that? Not because I was particularly slow. I was just more interested in chatting with my friends and walking in a circle rather than busting a sweat.

I guess I should start at the beginning. I didn't really start out with this goal, it just kind of happened. I joined a gym back at the end of August. Easy enough. A couple of classes, no big deal. I soon set my eyes on a class that I wanted to try called Tread Ahead. It's kind of like a spin class, but with a treadmill. I was never really a runner, so this intimidated me. I started slow and worked myself up to running 3 miles in 45 minutes, and then 35 minutes. Now, I thought I was ready to try the class. To my surprise, I did it! It soon became a favorite class.
This is all well and good, but this is a treadmill and not outside in the elements. I needed to try and run the 3 miles outside.

This past week, when it was pretty outside, I (along with the rest of Atlanta) went down to the river to run. I was extremely slow, but I ran the 3 miles in 35 minutes!!!!! I was very proud of myself, and my husband who actually ran track his freshman year at the University of Georgia was also impressed.

So I did it! I signed up for a 5k in April, and my goal is to work towards that. I got my sister-in-law to sign up too, so that way I can't back out. I am also hoping that my other good friend Elizabeth will sign up too. I will keep you posted on any progress. Right now, I have to get over the flu bug:(