On Sunday I did the Nordstroms Beat The Bridge 5k. My group walked (I really don't run - ever) and it was POURING down rain, but I did it and I'm so proud of myself! And of my 9yr old son who did the walk with me!
Now 5K really isn't that far, only 3.1 or 3.2 miles or something like that and I routinely do more than that on the treadmill but let me tell you - it is WAY different doing it on the streets. I was sore on Monday which tells me something about my excersize routine: I need to step it up. Which of course, I need to do anyway because let's face it - I'm not losing any weight. I'm not doing as well as I should in following my WW+ plan or my excersize plan so I keep just fighting the same few pounds over and over. I need to get myself together. I keep zooming between "I can do this - EASY" and "No, you are too lazy to do this and will just always be fat so go ahead and have another bowl of pasta" - I feel like I'm on one of those rides at the fair; you know the ball on the giant slingshot thing. It's ridiculous. I've been doing this long enough that I should be down quite a significant amount by now but I'm not.
BUT - I am still really proud of myself for doing the 5k in the rain and I'm looking forward to finding more things like that to do throughout the summer (hopefully sans rain!).
Now 5K really isn't that far, only 3.1 or 3.2 miles or something like that and I routinely do more than that on the treadmill but let me tell you - it is WAY different doing it on the streets. I was sore on Monday which tells me something about my excersize routine: I need to step it up. Which of course, I need to do anyway because let's face it - I'm not losing any weight. I'm not doing as well as I should in following my WW+ plan or my excersize plan so I keep just fighting the same few pounds over and over. I need to get myself together. I keep zooming between "I can do this - EASY" and "No, you are too lazy to do this and will just always be fat so go ahead and have another bowl of pasta" - I feel like I'm on one of those rides at the fair; you know the ball on the giant slingshot thing. It's ridiculous. I've been doing this long enough that I should be down quite a significant amount by now but I'm not.
BUT - I am still really proud of myself for doing the 5k in the rain and I'm looking forward to finding more things like that to do throughout the summer (hopefully sans rain!).
