Shorty

I worked on an update all week last week, then work and life kept getting in the way of my finishing it and posting it. It mostly talked about my shin splints that came out of nowhere – which, for any of you who are following my #100daysofchange on Instagram, I’ve been whining about quite a bit.So here's a short update:

I attempted to run last Tuesday, and it was painful and just… bad. I had a total meltdown over the whole thing, feeling like there was no way I would be able to run any of my 5k, that I had just wasted my money by pushing my mileage too quickly, etc. I got pretty down on myself and it was a rough couple days. I decided to just walk for the rest of the week, do some stretches/exercise I found on runnersworld.com, and hope for the best.

It worked!

I was able to run the 5k yesterday without incident - and not only that, but it was my best time yet! I ran the first full mile without stopping to walk, and I don't think I've ever been able to do that. My dad (who is 54, btw, and hasn't run regularly in a year or more) totally kicked my butt. His official chip time was 36:42, and mine was 40:54. (I originally remembered it as 40:10, but was obviously mistaken!) My original goal was to come in under 40 minutes, but I'm pretty proud of this time. I really enjoyed myself and really enjoyed the setting of this run (check it out: www.prisonbreakdash.com). I think I will definitely do it again next year! I'm thinking about doing another 5k in May, just for funsies. We'll see. Right now I'm happy I accomplished this, and I'm looking forward to moving my focus back to strength training for a while.