OMG... I might actually be able to run a 5k!

Today I ran 2.5 miles. WHAT you say? Yeah, I did it. I also completed my first 5k. I ran 27 minutes out of 39. Right now I am patting myself on the back. This really is a great accomplishment for me. Consider this, I haven't even ran a full mile straight for about 3 years now. Not only did I do that today... I kept going.

I would like to thank Loralee first for this.

Loralee is my gym partner. I usually have to pick her up since she doesn't have a car. This motivates me to go. Plus she always says how "out of shape" she is. Now, when someone tells you how "out of shape" they are and then they proceed to run a mile, it makes you work out harder. There is no way I can wimp out and be even more out of shape than the "out of shape" person. This makes me work out harder than I normally would. Thank you Loralee! Through this whole process Loralee has lost around 17 pounds, and I have only lost 5. GRRRR.

Loralee is looking good. I am looking the same. (same =bad)

Now I need to thank Chelle.

Chelle is the reason I am running. I posted before that this is her bday gift in June. I may not run the 5k, but I want to know that I actually can. So thank you Chelle for making me get my butt to the gym. Hopefully my butt will look better because of it. Oh, and thank you Chelle for buying me a Margarita last night. Yet another reason I needed to run today. (drink margarita=work out harder at gym tomorrow) See I CAN have what I want. I just have to work out to get it.

Now I need to thank Jess. LOL.

Jess texted me while I was running today to tell me she was eating fries! LOL. Just thought I would thank her. Why? No reason. At least I know she thought of me today. HEHE.

So that is my update. I am going to go stretch again now then eat a light lunch. I can already feel some of my muscles tensing up. I am going to have to beg my husband for a leg massage tonight. I think I have deserved one.

I should have used Mucinex DM... oh, and an announcement

I am sick.

Sick.
Sick.
Sick!

The type of sick when you wonder if it is changing to Bronchitis or pneumonia.

Sick enough that I really want to just go to bed. Too bad I need to work, watch kids, do laundry, clean the house, and go grocery shopping. Too bad for me.

I have been using NyQuil PM at night. Lovely. I use the DayQuil during the day. Not as lovely. I really should be using the Mucinex DM.

***********ANNOUNCEMENT*************

In June I'll be participating in a 5K run. This is in thank to my friend Chelle which asked for this "present" for her bday. I am going to try to run all of it. Currently I can run for about 5 minutes before I die. I've been training for about 3 weeks. If I run for two minutes at a time I can actually run around 12 minutes.

Yesterday I almost passed out. Honest. I tried to run while I am this sick. I was running and next thing I know I have the spins. I hate the spins. When sick... when drunk... I really hate the spins.

So... to make a longer than necessary story short.

• I am slowly increasing my running.
• I am trying to watch what I eat.
• I am trying not to make an ass out of myself by falling off the back of the treadmill.
• I am trying to lose weight.
• I am again... trying not to make an ass out of myself.

If anyone has any good suggestions for running songs I would love to hear them. I need to get some new music on my player.

Here is a song I should probably get...

Eye of the Tiger

Risin' up, back on the street

Did my time, took my chances

Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet

Just a man and his will to survive

So many times, it happens too fast

You change your passion for glory

Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past

You must fight just to keep them alive

Chorus:

It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight

Risin' up to the challenge of our rival

And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night

And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger

Face to face, out in the heat

Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry

They stack the odds 'til we take to the street

For we kill with the skill to survive chorus

Risin' up, straight to the top

Have the guts, got the glory

Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop

Just a man and his will to survive