One of the things I regret the most about the time that I wasn't blogging regularly is that I like to go back and read past posts in order to gauge my progress. This is one of the reasons I blog. It's one of the reasons I decided to start posting a scale photo at the beginning of every month. Since I wasn't blogging last summer during the Summer of Lovehandles, I don't have comparison with where I'm at now.
But, now as we are -- sadly -- winding down and summer and heading in to Fall, I am getting close to where I picked up writing again. I picked up this gem from the end of September, which is mostly all reflective and gave us the mantra "today is just today." But at the end, I write about a gym visit, and I stated that I did an under 16 minute mile. Well, yesterday I did 3.27 miles on the old dreadmill and my pace was 14:14 minutes/mile. AND that was mostly running! This comparison to how far I've come and the fact that I ran almost the whole thing... It all gave me the confidence to FINALLY sign up for another 5k!
Oh my God!
It's for Susan G. Komen for the Cure and it's on October 13. As soon as I figure out how, I'll try to set up a way if you'd like to donate on behalf of my fundraising. Here's the link to the Susan G. Komen Tidewater homepage until I can figure something else out.
Holy crap, this means I will really need to get over my anxiousness about running outside. I want to try to run the whole thing and my goal is to do it in 40 minutes or less. I think this is a VERY reasonable, attainable goal given where I am right now and the fact that I have 2 months (almost) to train.
Excited, nervous, scared... But, hey -- at least I've got something new to write about! :)
hugs,
Heather
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