I want to start off this post with a big thanks to Jenn for her post on Just Jenn yesterday. She totally motivated my run this morning and I feel great!
My plan from yesterday worked! I had my ass out of bed at 4 and ready to run by 4:10! I literally had 2 seconds logged on the treadmill when Laney woke up. I went, I fed her and oh so thankfully got her back to sleep by 4:30.
Since I knew the bottles and lunch were done I planned to run for 30 minutes. I did a 3 minute warm up walk and bumped the pace up to 5mph. It felt good to be moving.
Until about the 10 minute mark. I was getting tired, a little winded and had that ache in my side. I took a sip of water and said you can stop when you reach 3 miles or 30 minutes whichever comes first.
Over the next 10 minutes I got down on myself. Why is this so hard? Has my lack of exercise really done this much damage to my body? I know I can do this!
When the 20 minute mark hit I felt like I was dying. I wanted to stop. I scolded myself: NO! You have to go at least another 5 minutes, then you can count the cool down as part of your 30 minutes. (In reality I haven't even run a full 20 minutes in probably 2 months).
The next 5 minutes I kept looking at my wedding picture (strategically placed next to the treadmill) and thinking, I've almost got you(only 7lbs away). I'd look at the time and count down the minutes.
And when that clock hit 25:00 I said: You just did 5 minutes, you can do 5 more. You aren't gonna puke or fall over, keep going...
And guess what? I DID IT! And then continued with a 5 minute cool down. I was actually surprised I didn't have runner's high, but I did and still do feel completely accomplished and proud of myself. Especially after seeing this when logging in to Nike+ this morning...
My plan from yesterday worked! I had my ass out of bed at 4 and ready to run by 4:10! I literally had 2 seconds logged on the treadmill when Laney woke up. I went, I fed her and oh so thankfully got her back to sleep by 4:30.
Since I knew the bottles and lunch were done I planned to run for 30 minutes. I did a 3 minute warm up walk and bumped the pace up to 5mph. It felt good to be moving.
Until about the 10 minute mark. I was getting tired, a little winded and had that ache in my side. I took a sip of water and said you can stop when you reach 3 miles or 30 minutes whichever comes first.
Over the next 10 minutes I got down on myself. Why is this so hard? Has my lack of exercise really done this much damage to my body? I know I can do this!
When the 20 minute mark hit I felt like I was dying. I wanted to stop. I scolded myself: NO! You have to go at least another 5 minutes, then you can count the cool down as part of your 30 minutes. (In reality I haven't even run a full 20 minutes in probably 2 months).
The next 5 minutes I kept looking at my wedding picture (strategically placed next to the treadmill) and thinking, I've almost got you(only 7lbs away). I'd look at the time and count down the minutes.
And when that clock hit 25:00 I said: You just did 5 minutes, you can do 5 more. You aren't gonna puke or fall over, keep going...
And guess what? I DID IT! And then continued with a 5 minute cool down. I was actually surprised I didn't have runner's high, but I did and still do feel completely accomplished and proud of myself. Especially after seeing this when logging in to Nike+ this morning...
That's right, I ran a 9:20 mile and finished a 5K in just over 31 minutes! The last mile sucked, but it was still my fastest and my fastest EVER! So once again Thank You Jenn!
And after all that my my lame post about my First Skinny Jeans Ever seems kinda lame!
My legs still aren't perfect (I'll probably never think they are), but I have some confidence back! The compliments on my outfit yesterday really helped. I still have a little muffin top in these size 15s! But it won't be long and it will be gone. I can't wait to take the next pic when they are baggy!
Maybe tomorrow I'll touch on the color of clothes...
PS - I pushed myself so much on my run this morning, the muscles in my arms and my abs were sore from keeping form!
woo hoo!!!!! and thank you sooo much for your kind words!! I am so glad that I was able to motivate you!! you guys motivate me every single day. you are amazing and totally rocking those jeans :)
ReplyDeleteYou're awesome ... I will admit, I set my alarm for 4:30 this morning and I just couldn't do it ... the alarm went off and I kept telling myself to get up but I didn't ... I will try again. Great job! =)
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