I DID IT!!!! week 13 and I did it!!!

I DID IT! I DID IT!!!! and I couldn't help but SMILE while continuing to walk on the treadmill, after I met my goal, what was supposed to be my goal to meet by the end of July, well I did it... I ran an entire mile, one whole mile...running!!!!!! I could not be more proud of myself... so what did I do? I kept walking for 39 more minutes, here and there on an incline of .5 and 1.0 incline at a pace of 3.4-3.5!!

so here's how it just kinda happened...I hadn't been to the gym in two days, no big deal, and since my crappy sleep on Wednesday night, I tried to sleep in a little this morning, if you call waking up on and off and then back to sleep til about 9:30 sleeping in...oh well...and I just kinda took my time this morning doing whatever, had breakfast cause I was starving even though I did have every intention to go to the gym, so then I dilly dallied some more, had to wait some time to digest breakfast.. ha. And there I went...changed into my gym clothes, took Russell for a small walk, and I was off...ugh traffic mid day. So I went the opposite way and took care of some things before/in case it started to rain, I went to the recycling center, where I also get a natural high from smashing the glass bottles into the big bins :) and I finally dropped off my big bag of clothes to one of those donation places....all the while, wondering how busy the gym would or wouldn't be since I had never been mid day before...and started to pep myself up...today's the day, I'm going to attempt to run 1 mile! attempt: An act of trying to achieve something, typically one that is unsuccessful or not certain to succeed.

So there I went... doing nothing different than any other day...I put my gym ipod mix on shuffle, and perfect running songs came on, set my stats in the treadmill, and started my warm up walk of .1 mile at a .5 incline... and after 3 minutes which it took me to complete that (that I later deducted from my time) I started running... I was off and ever so determined apparently to attempt at this running of an entire 1 mile!! first song...."move along" and that I was...moving...second song: "dog days are over," third song: "lose yourself" at this point, I can't believe I am still running... mid day too? where was all this energy coming from? the songs, it had to have been the songs!! forth song: "And I am telling you, I'm not going" which is kinda slow, so I decided to chance it and change the song while running... ahhh...fearing that the emergency stop didn't pull off the machine 'cause I would have been pissed... so keep on running, on to the next song: "hey soul sister" which couldn't have been a better ending song (thinking of you :) ) as I approached 1.1 miles at 16:40 seconds at 4.3 pace!!!! GO ME!!!!! I WAS ALL SMILES AND SWEAT!!! I AM NOT A RUNNER PEOPLE!!! THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.... so I deducted my .1 mile at 3 minutes walking, finalizing my 1 mile run at 13 minutes 40 seconds.....oh and here's the kicker, remember how my three minute warm up was at a .5 incline... well I didn't realize I was running at a .5 incline (which I've never done) oh until about .7 miles into running the mile... HA! which at that point, I quickly turned off the incline... finishing the last .3 at a regular 4.3 pace, no incline.

13 minutes 40 seconds.... craziness!!! that's a long way from walking a dreaded mile for gym class in high school just under 25 minutes...walking the entire thing!! Ha, if they could see me now :)

I was/am so happy! This is a huge accomplishment, 13 weeks, early mornings, and tons of self motivation. I have a long way to go... but this is a great start! I am happy to say the gym is a part of my life, and it secretively makes me happy to go, no matter what time of day.