Mr. treadmill and I

It's Thursday...and the days are numbered (until the last day of school as we all need a much deserved vacation even if it is only a week and a half before summer session starts), as well as maybe my stay at Beal, the school I currently work at...transfers suck just as much as change does, oh wait that is a change..being transfered. anywho... I'm trying not to think about it, and what better or healthier way than kicking the treadmill's ass this morning!!! I've been pushing myself since day one...a little further each day, recently increasing the amount of weights being lifted and setting mini goals as well as long term goals for the treadmill. By the end of the summer I hope to run the entire mile on the treadmill!! I can do this!! crazy!

This morning, all before 6:20am mind you...(2.2 miles and made it home before the lightening!) and the fact that I was wide awake before my alarm went off at 5:06am....that in itself is craziness....I walked the first 5 minutes, .37 miles on a 1.0 incline, and then took off running (minus the incline) finishing the mile at 15 minutes and 20 seconds!! My new record!! :) and this coming from someone who walked the mile in high school at 25 minutes total! ha!! Thank you mr. treadmill. And oh the emergency key definately works, in the midst of me wiping the sweat dripping from my forehead and everywhere else at that point, I must have pulled the key and I suddenly stopped. I was pissed since my time and calories burned and all that jazz was gone, but you know me and my weird, perhaps even secretive obsession with numbers, I was able to remember the time and distance and add it to the end of my second time started. So, I kept pushing myself, and being pissed at the emergency button helped a little too, so why the hell not do 1 more mile, walking the whole time however, on a .5 incline at a pretty steady pace...oh yeah!! finished that in 18 minutes and 30 seconds! Not too shabby, I'd say.

I couldn't be happier with myself...I think I may have been smiling a little at one point. who does that? hahaha. And to top the morning off, well it started with seeing the trainer guy Steve, who I did my three free training sessions with about 9-11 weeks ago, he saw me for the first time since then, and asked how I was doing and if I've been coming in, so I got to brag about that and how I am pretty much averaging 5 times a week including the water aerobics, sometimes more if I do double time, and he said it looks like you're losing a little weight, good for you! Yes, GOOD FOR ME!!!

two more days until my fun filled much deserved three day weekend!! taking a personal day monday and going to enjoy every second of it, no matter what the weather!

Happy Thursday.

ps. this blog is temporarily turning into a journal or what have you, so I apologize if it's not as interesting, but it's motivating to me, to see my progress in writing. and I am a writer.