Don't Make Me Use My Teacher Voice

When You Start Out The Climb.



My apologies for the lack of updates recently. Last week I had an incredibly busy week. My mornings have been spent training...Allow me to explain....

On October 10th I started training at Country Park for the Greensboro Gobbler 5k. I did one 5k last year in March and made it probably less that 1/4 of a mile before having to give up and walk the rest. My finishing time was 45 minutes. Boo hiss!!

Recently I began walking at Country Park and one day I was thinking about the Gobbler and suddenly thought, "Hey! I'd like to do that!" So then it became a goal.

I started by trying to make it up the first big hill and a little ways after. My first day I made it about .17mi. It was awful. Then I walked the remainder of the 5k distance. Then I was able to make it about .25mi.

After that I had a break-through. I told myself that I would try to make it to the dog park which is about 1.3mi into the course. I way surpassed it and went about 1/2mi instead. I felt awesome and walked the remainder of that lap.



The course is really hilly and very challenging. Its actually much more challenging than the course I was on for the last 5k. So this will be quite an accomplishment. My furthest distance ever (when I was running frequently) was 1.5mi.

Yesterday I surpassed that by running the entire first half of the 5k. Around 1.6 miles. This after a long break from running and many challenging hills. When I was running 1.5mi 3x a week it was on a treadmill on a 0% incline. So this has been a huge accomplishment already for me and I'm super proud of myself.

So after my run yesterday I officially registered myself for the Gobbler on Thanksgiving Day (Nov.25th). This also happens to be 2 days after my birthday and I think its going to be a fabulous gift to myself to accomplish my goal. I NEVER thought I could run a 5k but I've totally GOT THIS!

Also, as an extra incentive, my husband has made reservations for us at the Grandover Resort after the race. They're going to have this huge lavish buffet and I'm going to find some pumpkin pie and DEVOUR that bad boy! I'm gonna be like King Kong, climbing on that table and jumping around with my pumpkin pie and my ridiculously overloaded plate of delicious food.

My husband broke this surprise to me in an e-mail the other day and included at the end, "Remember...non-finishers eat at K&W". LOL

I guess I won't be a non-finisher then!

I'll keep you posted on my progress..



-G♥