My 3rd 5K and DH's First
Wow I can't believe I have ran 3 5K's so far never in a million years would I have thought to eventually become a runner.
Well last Sunday me and my DH ran in the Race for the Kids 5K. It was a race to support the kids in Latin America. I must admit when I first went out to the race I felt out of place because there are not that many African Americans who run, well at least there weren't that many at this particular race I could count on one hand including me and my DH how many were there. Anyhow I didn't let that get the best of me nor did my DH.
The race started 5 min late but it wasn't a big deal. This race we used different timing chips which we put on our shoes. I didn't too much care for it because I the timing was not accurate the timing chip said we finished at 38:05 however our Garmin and Polar stop watched said we finished @ 37:00. Due to the fact that was a new timing system I'm not going by that time, I think it still has some issues to be worked out. The point is that we finished. I think our timing was pretty decent considering neither of us properly trained. I wanted to beat my personal record of 35 min but since this was my DH's first 5K I decided to stick by his side so with that we took a few walk breaks in between the race. The first two miles were easy but that last mile seem to have taken forever. I enjoyed myeself, some parts of the race was along the beach and it was such beautiful scenery. As far as my DH is concerend he has a new respect for runners and is now hooked.
As far as future races I would at leat like to run in a 5K every month. I would like to run in the Race For The Cure this month on th e18 but I have to work , maybe I'll get someone to switch with me. We also want to run in the Turkey Trot 5K/10K on Thanksgiving but I'm not sure if I will have that day off. Anyhow please believe there are many more races to come. I have taken running more seriously now and I've decided to put more pep in my step.
After race day I think me and DH were still so hype that we decided to run/walk another 3 miles! I honesly don't know what we were thinking because we were so sore and running again made it worse but it felt so good, lol! Anyhow today we were suppose to run again but I was catching up on sleep from working 2 twelve hour shifts. For sure we will be running tomorrow.
Treats?
I've been thinking about treating myself to an IPod Nano especially since they have one in purple now, lol. I bought my husband an IPod a while back and now I regret it, lol because I was jeoulous of him beacuse he had some motivation music to use while running, I was old fashion and used my cd player which quit on me in the first 5 mins, lol. I know some people can run without music but music honestly helps motivate me and helps me move faster. My initial plan was to get an IPod once I lost all my weight but that is taking a little longer than planned. I really love the Nano because it has the extra gadgets with NIke Plus not really sure how it works yet but I have heard great things about it, and I have learned that you do not have to by Nike shoes just to enjoy the benefits.
Anyhow my weight has stalled again but it's my fault, I let my DH sabotage my efforts. He recently bought 2 packs of my favorite cookies and he knows they are my favorite but bought them anyway. Lets just say I sabotaged those cookies, lol. Men can't live with them, can't live without them. I have kind of been off my diet all week but plan to make up for it by ending the week strong.
I decided to take my running a little more serious because it's the only way I'll get any better. I plan to run and walk(mostly run) 9 miles a week, meaning 3 days out of the week I need to run 3 miles a day. So far so good. Sticking to the C25k plan is kind of difficult. I just want to get out there and run, and if I need a walk break so be it. So as of now I'm just doing my own thing and if that doesn't work I'll go back to some sort of structured plan.
Well I think I've written more than enough.
Until next time much love! 
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