After picking up the little princess, I had dinner with my parents and then was picked up by my running partner Liz and we headed over to the gym for a much needed workout.
I started my week 1 day 1 of the Couch-to-5K app... even though I've already done two of them, I decided to do the training since I want to get better at the actual running part.
It was a great workout! I only did a little under 2 miles but it was still a good pace that I was going at.
I couldn't believe that I had the treadmill going at 5 miles an hour while jogging and 3 miles an hour while walking! I couldn't do that before when I was working out with my trainer!
I would freak out when he would have me WALK on the treadmill at over 5 miles at hour... and here I am RUNNING at 5 miles an hour! What a difference it makes when you have finally found something that makes you happy to do.
I don't know if running changed my life or if I changed my life for running, but who cares really?
My feet keep moving, my arms keep pumping - my mantra: Be patient. You got this!
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| Liz and I workin' it! |
When I told her that I am hoping to get pregnant this year, she tells me - you can be cutsy pregnant and still have a rockin' body, Meli!
OMG... this chick is way too much!
And we will continue to strive forward to get in as many runs together as we can!
When I got home from the gym, I hung out with my parents for a little while and then it was downstairs to take a shower - I was sweaty! - and get ready for bed.
The hubby came home and we were able to talk about quite a few things since the princess was already asleep... and we even watched a little bit of television together.
I went to sleep around midnight - which is SUPER late for me - and now I am here... looking forward to the days ahead and jotting down my dreams for the future.
I have my spreadsheet of all the different races that I am interested in doing.
I really would like to run the Chicago Women's Half Marathon but I don't think that I am ready for that. I decided not to do the 10-miler in Soldier Field because I don't think that I could do it but why is my gut nagging me about this particular race? UGH! I don't know.
There is a medal for the half marathon at the Chicago Women's but there was a medal for the 10-miler at Soldier Field and you get to finish on the 50-yard line inside of the actual field.
But then again, this is only the 2nd annual Chicago Women's Half Marathon... so it hasn't been around for a long time, so I know that not a lot of women have this particular medal.
UGH!!!!!!!!! I don't know!!!
A half marathon is 13.1 miles... and I can barely do 3.1 miles.
But there are training's for half marathons that take 12 weeks... do I have that amount of time before the race? OMG... I just counted and I have over 12 weeks to train for this race! I actually have TWENTY WEEKS to train for this race, and that's me counting starting from the second week of February!
Okay Meli... calm down...
I need to figure this out before the end of this month...
Maybe if Liz trains and runs it with me, I can do it... HMMM... seeing her tomorrow... maybe I can convince her?
AHHHHH.... I don't know!!!
The hubby, Liz and I have come to a conclusion about runners... they are just all around nice people. LOL!
Just something that we have come across... especially while running these races.
They see you slowing down and some will just pass you up but those real nice ones will pass by and look at you and just say some words of encouragement. That is just priceless! Sometimes you can't even get a friend or family member to do that for you but a total stranger will give you that little boost to get you through a race.
And that is what I plan on doing every single day... push myself a little bit harder. Only then will I know my limits and how much further I need to go to attain my goals. And I am so goal oriented this year.
I've never been one to have like a "New Years Resolution" because most of the time you don't stick to it. But I have decided to make this year a year of goals... things that I am going to attain and make sure that I work on whatever it is to make those goals reality.
I am already seeing a change within myself and to myself... I see things so differently now and have been making changes in my life to make sure that I am on the right path too my own greatness.
A quote by the famous Dear Abby, who just happened to have passed today (RIP kind lady!)...
The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
It makes so much sense to me... I have to have a purpose in order to see that I have to do something.
My main purpose... my family.
My underlying purpose... myself.
The outer purpose... the difference that I will make in my life.
So no matter how you say or what you say... life, purpose and difference go hand-in-hand.
So with that,I will end this entry here... wishing you all wonderful day.
Hasta la proxima!
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