I finished Wk 8 day 2 today and I am pretty sure my time got slower. I realized that I just really wish there were no such things as hills or elevation. I actually can do a decent pace on flat ground! I even get a little faster at the end when it levels off. Why oh why can’t it all be flat???
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/90816442 Today was wk 8 day 1 and as previously stated, I wanted to increase my speed. I did do it but only slightly. It was really cool today and I think that helped me. I was happy that I did the whole 28 minutes without stopping. Today wasn’t bad at all, I am so shocked! I am thinking of doing a 5k in Sept. I could just train longer and hopefully not not shame myself if I wait longer. Who knows though if the drill sgt. will allow me to wait though!
Week 8 day 1 is tomororw and before I had even looked to see that we are adding 3 WHOLE minutes to the run, I told Jonathan I wanted to increase my pace…I don’t make wise choices! He is going to set his magical watch thingy to beep at me if I get slower than 13. This isin’t going to be pretty. I am worried and already ill at myself over this and it hasn’t even happened yet. I hope that I make it out alive and can make good on my vow to blog after every run. I’d say there is a 70/30 chance this might kill me.
So today we did day 3 of week 7 because I knew if left alone with that task this weekend that I wouldn’t do it. We started 30 minutes later at 6:30 and holy hell, it was beyond hot! Who knew that 30 minutes could make that big of a difference. I was all excited because Jonathan was going to let me where his watch thing that tracks my progress…I wore it 2 weeks ago when I did the first 20 minute straight run and I just knew that I would improve. Well, I was dumb to think so. I got slower. That’s right, with more running under my belt, I managed to get slower. I do everything backwards. Here is the report for today. Jonathan posted the first one already. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/89826195 On a side note, I chugged a NOS before and thought for sure I would be crazy fast as well as the fact that I went out last night but was a Sober Sue. I really thought my body would reward me. IT DID NOT. So in the crazy heat, I am shuffling along and a lady in her car flags me down to ask for directions: first off, I am challenged when it comes to direction. My inner compas is broke and while I usually find my way home, I can’t tell anyone else how to get there! Second, I know she only flagged me down because I was moving sooooooooo slow. It made me dislike her a great deal and then I felt guilty for thinking that about the bitch in the Kia. My legs feel like spaghetti today and the stairs at work that I have climbed a couple times, as well as the walk across campus have hurt. I know I walked faster up those stairs today than I “ran” this morning too! :) I am slightly discouraged at this point and worried even more about doing a 5k now. On another note, I think I should somehow get paid for the amazing running music playlist I compose. On the regular I listen to Rage Against the Machine but today I mixed in some Cold War Kids. Both are awesome and really help me keep going. Cold War Kids is one of my favorite bands ever. I have been lucky enough to see them both in concert and the shows were amazing. Recap of the day: Music makes me happy. The heat and slow rolling in the mornings make me pissy!
My name is Leigh-Ann Sallis and I am and have always been a fat kid….give or take the minute and half that I lost 65 pounds! I am now being forced to blog in return for help with weight loss by my friend Jonathan Miller. He has been kind enought to help me start the Couch to 5K program and we are now in week 7. I don’t know why I begged for anybody to make me do this but as it is, I can’t quit becuase he is taking time out to do this for me. I am NOT a runner and never have been. The only thing I have ever ran for was to be first in line for ice cream but I am trying. I now have a list of questions that Jonathan told me to answer:
I am 31 year old overweight emotional eater.
My goals are to loose the 65 pounds I have put back on plus some and get in a routine that I can maintain forever…fat is in my genes!
I started this blog because Jonathan made me. J/K I think he thinks others will benefit from hearing a fat kid talk about it and he is ALL about helping others get healthy.
We just did week 7 day 2 of c25K and have another run tomorrow. We are currently doing 25 minutes of running. He won’t let me walk even though I am sure I could walk faster than I jog. Seriously, today a family of turtles passed me with judgement in their eyes.
It is going ok. I can’t believe how much I hurt…all the time but I feel better afterwards and get more done in the day after a morning jog. I really want to do a 5k after this just to finish what I have started. I also want to be able to talk while doing it…this may take MUCH longer! I missed a couple of runs due to LIFE getting in the way and because after I finished my master’s I did a victory lap of drinking and celebrating but I am back on board and hope to now miss another day of it.
That’s all for now. Not sure if he will mandate a number of blogs I must post weekly or not? Hahaha.
