Wow how fast time flies by! It's been almost two months since my last post and so much has happened. First off we leave for Mexico in less than 20 days...so excited!!! We will be gone for seven days and I am really looking forward to getting away and having no worries for a week. Plus we get to celebrate Jason & Kim's wedding with our good friends. I've started my list of things I need to pack, wow how quickly a week's worth of items add up. I always carry on my luggage for the fear of losing my luggage, but unfortunately I am going to have to take the bigger suitcase this time and will have to check my bag. Wish me luck that it arrives to our destination.
Onto an update on the running. Well it's not going so well. Kayla and I have been training for 14 weeks now and neither one of us feels like we will be able to complete the 5k on May 14th. The training program I found online could not have been for beginners. After 6 weeks we were suppose to be able to run 30 minutes straight without stopping. Monday night I ran for 10 minutes and then stopped to walk for a bit before running again. Not seeing any progress makes us want to quit and give up, maybe we are not fit to be runners? We've quit our training program and for the next five weeks until the race we are just going to run until we can't run no more. We're not giving up, we're just doing whatever we can handle at one time. We're going to try to run the entire 5k, but if we have to we will stop and walk if needed. I will push myself as much as I can in the hopes that I can finish it. We're still going to work on getting back in shape, but we're taking a new approach. We're starting an eight week kettlebell class on our lunch hour Monday and Wednesdays. We're also doing other exercise machines as well as some weight lifting and basic exercises to help us out. We did planks last night, what fun that was...I thought Kayla was trying to kill me!
I'm looking forward to summer, but our weekends are filling up fast. With all the weddings, trips and family events we've got coming up our free weekends are getting slim. Plus sand volleyball starts next week which is very exciting, four teams on three nights this summer. And of course one of our favorite activities, boating season. Hopefully the river stays down so we can make it out as much as possible this summer even with the high gas prices.
I've started my next book, but it's only my third this year. I've gotten behind on my reading lately because I have been trying to catch up on some tv episodes...sad I know. I really want to get back to reading this book though, I've been wanting to read this book for two years. It's one from Jodi Picoult's collection, "Picture Perfect". I will let you know how it turns out, I'm only on Chapter 4.
And finally my last goal, staying in touch with friends. This is a very important goal and something I really need to focus on for the rest of 2011. I had lunch with Carrie on Monday and it was really nice to sit and visit with and old friend that I don't get to see very often. With all of us having such busy lives it's hard to make time for one another, but we need to make time for those moments. Remember life is short and you never know when something could happen.
Well that's all for now stay tuned for the next update...hopefully a little sooner than last time.
It's hard to keep motivated for running. I'm running into the same thing. I started out running a mile as quick as I could, then increased it to 1.5 miles, then eventually to 2 miles. Then I switched from running on a treadmill to outside, and it made a huge difference. I can run 3 miles outside, where I could barely make it two on a treadmill. You can make it 3 miles. You just need to run a couple times a week as far as you can, and you'll be able to do it after a few months. Next time we're in Quincy (or you come down here), we should run together.
ReplyDeleteK, back to work for me... glad you finally posted again :)
J.D.
Weird I am the opposite. I think it's harder to run outside. The air makes my throat hurt. I've been trying to breathe in through my nose and out through my mouth it helps. Thanks for the support and I will definitely take you up on that run next time I see you.
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