So I ran the race! (Sheesh - I didn't realize I never posted about that...) It was hard -- a lot harder than I expected. I did most of my training on a treadmill at a slight incline to simulate a run outdoors, but I swear that race was entirely uphill. Scott "ran" with me the whole way (though he could've walked faster than I ran), and I finished close to last...the key word there being "close" -- I wasn't last! Yes, it took me 43 minutes and 25 seconds to run 3.1 miles - but I ran the whole damn thing. I didn't walk, and I finished, and I felt pretty good about that.
A few days after the race, Scott hurt his arm at work (he's okay), and he's been off work for three weeks now. I love having more time with my husband, but I also get lazy when he's around. We went out to eat a lot and got custard at Culver's more days than not. Well, needless today, I haven't been Paleo since he's been off work, and I quickly gained 8 pounds! Now some of that's water weight that will come right back off, but the rest of it is Culver's custard.
But thankfully (sort of) he's going back to work this week, and we got back on the horse yesterday. I've been mostly "clean" for two days, I've lost 2.5 pounds, and I'm back in the 5K training game. Scott and I will be running the
Berbee Derby on Thanksgiving, and my goal for this race (besides being another 30 pounds lighter while I'm running it) is to improve my time to 35 minutes. That's a pretty tall order given my current pace of about 14 minute miles, but I'm workin' the plan and victory will be mine!
So I ran the race! (Sheesh - I didn't realize I never posted about that...) It was hard -- a lot harder than I expected. I did most of my training on a treadmill at a slight incline to simulate a run outdoors, but I swear that race was entirely uphill. Scott "ran" with me the whole way (though he could've walked faster than I ran), and I finished close to last...the key word there being "close" -- I wasn't last! Yes, it took me 43 minutes and 25 seconds to run 3.1 miles - but I ran the whole damn thing. I didn't walk, and I finished, and I felt pretty good about that.
But thankfully (sort of) he's going back to work this week, and we got back on the horse yesterday. I've been mostly "clean" for two days, I've lost 2.5 pounds, and I'm back in the 5K training game. Scott and I will be running the Berbee Derby on Thanksgiving, and my goal for this race (besides being another 30 pounds lighter while I'm running it) is to improve my time to 35 minutes. That's a pretty tall order given my current pace of about 14 minute miles, but I'm workin' the plan and victory will be mine!
