I RAN A 5K TONIGHT! I am so stinkin excited! Especially since my day has been one of those super hectic, chaotic days where nothing seemed to go right! The boys were bickering back and forth all day, school took forever to get done with, Mike couldn't come home for lunch so I had to wake the baby to bring him some food ( I wanted to... I had no problem bringing him food!), then he got home late. I was supposed to go running with my friend Amanda at 4, only Mike didn't get home until 4:35, so I didn't get out to the track until 4:40 warmed up a little and started running. I Had a little over a mile and a half done, and feeling good when all of a sudden the retreat ceremony started. For those of you who aren't military, thats when they play the National Anthem. Everyone stops everything if they are outside. Cars stop. People mowing their grass stop. Everything! I just couldn't bring myself to keep running out of respect for my country! So... I stopped. And it made me angry! So I came home, made dinner and announced that I would just go hit the gym after dinner. I am not much of a eat and go running type of person. It doesn't end well! haha. Anyway, I waited like a half hour and went. I felt good for the first 1.5 miles, then I started having to really focus on what I was doing. I went through my song list... Rocky "Eye of the Tiger" seemed to do the trick. 2 miles down, a little over 1 to go. Just keep running! Just keep running! If Eye of the Tiger can't get you pumped up to reach your goal NOTHING WILL! haha. Anyway, after what seemed like an eternity I finally reached 3.2! Wohoo!!! I did 5.1 as my speed, and 1% incline, and finished up in like 34 minutes. Can't wait to get out and run again friday!
BTW... meatloaf and I are no longer on speaking terms... turkey and chicken from here on out! :)
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