A month and a half later, and I finally ran 4 miles!
Between now and my last blog post:
I was running between 2 and 2.5 miles for a couple of weeks. Part of me gets antsy, I get tired, I get bored, etc. So I was cutting myself short. I always made sure to sprint the last little bit so I was giving it everything I got, but I knew that I was stopping before I really needed to.
So I went for a little run, hoping to get to 3 miles but not setting my hopes too high because I know myself.
Problem (not) is that I got lost.
I got lost in the neighborhood across the street from mine and ended up running exactly 3.1 miles when I finally got to my driveway. I was so excited to have run my first 5k! I won't lie, though, I was worn the F out when I got home. I may or may not have collapsed (bad, bad!) on the carpet when I got inside. But still, I was pretty happy.
Since I still didn't know my way around the neighborhood I started using that as my go to run, knowing I would always run farther than my self discipline would allow. So I was running 3-3.5 miles every time.
I went on a run with my dad and brother last night, and we did a run throughout downtown Fort Wayne. I didn't have my GPS going but my brother did, and when we got back to our starting point he looked and said we had run just a little over 4 miles. WHOO HOO!
So I have met my goal from the last post. I have my first 5k on the 15th of this month, so we will see how it goes!
Goal:
Run the 5k in 30 minutes or less! (My best 5k I've done at home was 31:54, but I was lost and had to slow down a few times)
