5K Conquered!

The Starting Line Looming

Before the Run

 So, I completed my first 5K.  I never thought I would do any type of run in a time situation outside of my two miles in the Army, or the 1.5 miles in the Air Force.  The military taught me a lot, one being never give up but, I gotta say, I struggled to complete my runs in the military, and now here I am voluntarily running a 5K, and I did it!  I never stopped, and did it under my self imposed time of 40 minutes.  I did my run in 39:40, LOL, but, I did it, and my family and friend were there to keep me going.  There is nothing better than having you family at the finish line cheering you in.  My little ones ran the last 10 yards with me, and I can't tell you how much it meant to me, and how full my heart was at that moment. 

First Race, and THIS is my number???  WTH?!

Run completed, waiting on times to post.

Next, on to a harder workout plan done up by a gentleman that does P90X, (yes, I am that crazy) and the next goal is to run a 10K next year.  Am I addicted? Yeah, you could say that.  I have running shoes, (never thought twice to give a damn about real running shoes) downloaded Nike+GPS, and I also have the Nike+ Kit for my sneakers, it is an amazing little tool!!!  Between the Nike+ apps, and my music on my iTouch, everything just floats by, and the distraction is wonderful.  I have even subscribed to runners podcasts, where they create running mixes of music that last 45-60+ mins, of non-stop music, and they are made to the beat that you choose for your run.  If you want to run 60 "beats" per minute, they have music mixes for you!


Yesterday, I only ran a bit over a mile, I haven't worked out for over a week because I was under the weather but, it felt pretty good.  I got to listen to an eclectic mix of music from around the world at 50bpm and it was very cool!


Today, I will be working abs, and running.  Looking at running about 2 miles outside if the rain holds off.  The tree colors are amazing right now, and running outside would feel really good after a long work day.

SNEAK PEAK!
ONE of the projects I am working on...the "Safety Pumpkin" hat, lol.  In real world it is a very vibrant orange with hues, and dark reddish orange speckles.  I blended 4 different dyes, brown, orange, red, neon orange, and it came out really cute.  This is the last of the batch that was originally dyed for some gentleman that wanted hunting hats and gloves so, I am using the left over to make a pumpkin season appropriate hat, lol.  More knitting to come...  ;)  TTYL!

"Safety Pumpkin" hat

"Keep On Clickin'"
Emerald