I'm back! Been a long time, about 7 years since I ran consistently.... or even worked out. I stopped when I got prego with third child and I had to return to work full-time. I just couldn't figure out how to make time for myself. Things have changed now. I work from home full-time. My youngest is 5 and my oldest is almost 15. They will survive if Mommy steps away for an hour to go run! No more excuses.
I started my new journey on April 8th, 2022. I don't know what exactly hit me, but I just decided enough was enough with unhealthy habits. I started eating healthy, stopped drinking alcohol, started going to bed early to get at least 8 hours sleep every night. I bought a new apple watch, which has been quite fun. I started walking, then running on my treadmill. Now, I've started going outside to run.
As of today, I am 18 pounds lost and it's only been 35 days! I've got another 25 to get back to my racing form, but I'm not focusing on weight anymore. As of today, I'm exclusively focusing on running goals.
I found this amazing neighborhood to run in with tons of trees and fellow runners. I ran 4.75 miles this morning. Only stopped once. It was wonderful and pleasant. I am so grateful and happy to be back to running. I decided that I'm going to try to go run this neighborhood every morning. I've also joined a running group to do long runs on weekends - starting next weekend.
I am sooooo slow! Ha, ha! I'm about 12:00 -12:30 a mile! Guess I gotta start somewhere! The challenge is half the fun. I'm not worried about it. For now, I will be so proud when I get my pace down to 10:00 a mile. I think I'm just going to gradually increase the days per week of running, averaging 4-6 miles each day, with long runs on Saturdays. I'm going to go as slow as I need to in order to achieve the miles without stopping much at all. I think if I do that, I'll eventually get faster.
I am going to pick a half-marathon for October.
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