12 pounds and counting
Well I am slowly getting there. I am down a total of twelve pounds now and can definiately notice it in my face. I have the slight outline of cheek bones poking in there somewhere…
So I also upped my running this week quite a bit. I am now running for 30 mins straight. Which is almost 2 miles. Another four more minutes and it will be two miles. I am running a 17 min mile which is not race running but is certainly endurance. So when I first started this running thing, I was following one of the books I got on beginners….so I started out running for 30 seconds and then walking for 90 secs times 20 mins… And then I would add on 10 seconds to the run time and take off 10 seconds of the walk time and kept doing that as I got stronger and more able to run…and to breathe 
I now walk for one min to warm up and then run for 30 mins and then walk for two to cool down…fook! I never thought I would ever get that far. I am only one mile away from running my first goal which is a 5K or 3.1 mile run….and so confident am I that I am going to make this goal, that I entered my first ever marathon….TADA….I am going to run a 5k on June 6th…
So I have a lot of running and training to do before June 6th. And weight to lose. I told my husband that I probably would be able to run better if I was not carrying two 25 pound hams on each leg…LOL He didn’t see the humor, he just grumbled something like..”your are not that bad”….OH hell ya I am, he should try running with these thighs…
But I am doing it…I am going to run and I am going to finish. I will not be the first to cross the finish line in fact I may well be the last, but I am going to finish…I am going to get my t-shirt :) I already booked the weekend off work, and so now I just have keep increasing my run time and distance until I can run 3.1miles or 5K without killing myself. So that gives me 3 months to reach this goal. Can I do it? Hell yeah…
Posted on March 1st, 2009 by islandgrl
Filed under: General
Thanks for the kind comment on my post. I can tell that you and I share something in common: We both work through the heart. Seems like I always go for the underdogs and try to fix em.
I am SO impressed with your upcoming run! Go for it, girl! You WILL do it. There’s not a doubt in my mind!
I’d love to be running in Hawaii! In fact, in the area of Kaloa Landing, we once spent a couple of weeks renting a cottage at Koloa Landing. There used to be a rocky outcrop not far from the cottage but I think they built some condos later that block the view. Anyway, I went for a walk one afternoon to watch the sunset and it became so vivid and beautiful that I ran all the way back to the cottage to drag DH out to watch it. I still remember him complaining because I made him run with me so he wouldn’t miss the view.
Lots of beautiful memories wrapped up in Kauai. We used to spend a month in Hawaii every other year.
It looks like we have similar goals! I’m working towards running a 5k on campus. That means that I have to be able to run much more on the treadmill unfortunately because I’m in Chapel Hill, NC and it’s well.. hilly. I’ve gotten to 4 miles in 30!
Great job
You are truly our wonderwoman, you know. Oh, I KNOW you’ll do the 5k because when you put your mind to something, it sure enough gets done! 12 pounds!!!! AWESOME!!!! I love reading about your runs, because it makes my walks with good old Leslie Sansone seem way less challenging, you know? If YOU can do all that running, I figure, then the least I can do is walk that bloody mile with Leslie every morning! You GO, girl - and when you run that 5k? Just know that in spirit, I’ll be beside the road watching and cheering and clapping up a storm!
BIG HUGS,
Z
Nice job on the running!!! You can totally do this! I am a slow runner, too. But, I’m not a racer… I just wanna be a finisher
Awesome!!! 12 pounds is so so good. I am so proud of you. Now I need to take a leaf out of your book and start moving myself too.
I know you will do well in the 5K.
Lots of love,
iniya
12 pounds that is flippin’ great! And as for the run - hell yeah you can do it! they better watch out for you or you’ll be running people over! I think it is great you are running! I know that is helping you lose weight and INCHES! I think it is sweet what your hubby said. Sounds like he doesn’t have any complaints. But of course he shouldn’t or he could end up in your Emergency Room - LOL!
Can’t wait til the 5K is here for you!
Hugs
DANG woman!
Are you kickin’ you know what or WHAT?! 12 pounds down, plus a solid commitment to a race AND a training routine.
*prostrates herself on the ground *
‘I’m not worthy! I’m not worthy!’
you go girl! You go go go go GO!
xoxooxxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Thats so great….12 lbs and cheekbones. I wish (for me!). And on top of it all, you’ve got a doable goal. Everyone here is proud of you, I can see that, and I’m no exception. Well done, dear lady! xoxoxoxoxoxox RubyJean