Friday Weigh in - June 8

Previous weight  - 259
Current weight - 257.5
-1.5 lbs 




I know slow and steady wins the race, but I SO wish I was one of those people who loses 3+ lbs consistently. I just need to remind myself that the small loses add up. I'd much rather be at 257 than 279 that I saw back in the winter. I really can't wait for the 240's though...it's been 3 years since I've seen that decade. 


I wanted to say thank you to everyone who left me some really thoughtful and motivating comments on my last post.  It really meant a lot to me and it made me feel a lot better about running my first 5k in almost a week. By the way, I will now be running it by myself!! I signed up for the race about a month ago and the other ladies procrastinated and went to sign up on wednesday and all the spots were filled!! I was SO disappointed. I wasn't mad at them, I just really didn't want to run by myself. My boss and her husband will be there, but they're running a half marathon. If it wasn't for all your motivating comments, I probably would've threw in the towel. However, I'm still motivated and determined to do this next weekend, even if it is by myself! My sisters is going to try and come down and watch me, so that will be better. 


I'm off for a girls weekend tonight. We're going to Wasaga Beach (longest fresh water beach in the world, FYI). My boyfriends' friend has a trailer out there, so the girlfriends are taking over :) There will be drinking involved, so I need to be mindful of my eating. I'm going to try not to think about it and enjoy my weekend away. They're calling for rain saturday, but super hot on sunday, so we'll see how it goes!


I'm off to drive the boyfriend off at work then heading for a run. 




Have a great weekend everyone!

Ten Days..

My first 5k race is in 10 days... TEN DAYS!


I can't believe how fast it has come. 


I don't feel ready for it. 


I'm nervous. 




I haven't actually ran an entire 5km's yet. My normal route from my house is a 2.5km loop and if I run it twice then it's obviously 5km in total. My problem is that I keep quitting after the first loop. It's hard, it's really hard, but I need to push myself past that first loop. I definitely believe that it's a mental thing and if I can just push myself to not turn down my street, I can complete the second loop. This is my goal for my friday run. I have 5 more scheduled runs until the race date (June 17) and I am determined to run at least  one 5k route before then. Perhaps this will give me the confidence that I can do it?


I have a feeling that my time is going to be close to 45min. I'm really hoping that I'm not the last person to finish. Luckily, it's also a half marathon race so a lot of people will still technically be running. I'm running with 3 other coworkers and one of the ladies runs at the same pace as me. My secret goal is to beat her ;) 


I'm praying that the weather isn't really hot. The race starts at 8:30am I believe, so if it is supposed to be hot then hopefully we beat the heat in the morning. The weather has been all over the place lately, so I have no idea what to expect. 




For all the runners and new runners out there, what was your time for your first 5k? Did you have to stop at all during the race? I hate stopping only because I fund it SUPER hard to get running again. 

Holy Heat Wave, Batman!!

It has been HOT the past couple days here. Yesterday we broke a record from the 1978! With the humidity it was 38 degrees (100 degrees fahrenheit !!). May should not be that hot! Makes me wonder what July is going to feel like. 


The weather has been crazy all over the province this past week or so. 




State of Emergencies declared because of out of control fires about 7 hours North of me in Timmins, ON. 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/story/2012/05/29/sby-timmins9-fire-update.html

State of Emergency in Thunder Bay, ON (2 hours from my hometown) because of a flash flood yesterday. 

Roads washed out

http://www.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2012/05/28/state-emergency-across-thunder-bay-and-region

And here we are dying of heat. Mother nature is out of control! 

Yesterday was our scheduled run after work. My boss is hardcore and is willing to run in rain or shine, so she gave us the option of running after work in the heat or waiting until today. Stupidly  Surprisingly, most of us said we'd attempt running in the heat. We were all dreading it, but mostly wanted to get the run over with. Running in the heat is very hard and I find that it really hinders my breathing. However, my run yesterday was actually pretty good! The last 6 minutes were tough, I felt sooooo hot, but breathing was fine. I didn't run as far as I have been, but considering the circumstance, I think I did pretty well!

My first 5k is in 20 days!! I'm still really nervous about it, but I'm confident that I can complete it :)