my first 5k is soon!
I'm very excited that my very first 5k will be this Thursday morning! I got a bag full of goodies, a t shirt, my number and time chip as well as an energy drink. Wish me luck!

blue skies
The last two days the weather has changed for the better. Clear blue skies instead of dreary grey skies and rain. This morning I was out the door before 9am (on a saturday!) and ran w5d3. It was difficult as it was just one 20min run, i managed 15mins , 2min rest and 5min run. I think i did ok, this is a process. Now i can enjoy the rest of the beautiful day!

running in inclement weather
This morning was  day 3 of week 5, so I did my normal morning routine then dressed and went outside. Well it was raining! You would've thought I would look out the window before going outside. I think I was more distracted by really wanting to run. So I was doing ok for the first 10 minutes and then after that I realized I was heavy with rain and annoyed. Then it stopped raining and I was better for the 2nd half of my run. It wasn't windy and it wasn't overly cold (only 45f) so I did ok. Since I'm s

week 5
The weather is starting to get dreary, not surprising as it's mid November in Illinois. But the weather has been very nice for the last month, give or take a few rainy spots. But today especially feels like it should snow, except it's 45f, but it us cloudy and windy. I just feel like curling up on the couch with a blanket, hot tea and watching movies all day. This makes me wonder how well i'm

honking my own horn
Today I am so sore....I did day 2 of week 4 yesterday and I'm feeling it! I’m a bit incredulous that I did this run and finished it in fairly good time. This week has two 5min runs and a few 3min runs. Wow! For all those of your out there that haven’t tried something because you think you can’t do it…YOU CAN! I miss this girl, the girl who could run 5-10miles during practice and 2mile races and