The person was right that said, “It is hard to start exercising, but even harder to stay at it.” My whole body hurt this morning at 5am when I literally rolled myself out of bed. I got the girls up to get ready and Kiki had a small issue with her shoes again. They magically disappeared from the spot she put them in last night – I guess it’s those darn night gremlins again! We leave to pick up my friend and it’s off to the school.
Goal: We run for twice the distance that we have been previously running and walk half the distance – continue interval training to increase our conditioning.
Mile 1 went great. Then off to mile 2 and Kiki starts to skip half the way. At this point, I don’t care and just let her skip. She is burning more calories anyway because she is swinging her arms over her head. My friend wore a new set of tennis shoes that really hurt her feet, so she even took them off and ran in her socks the last two miles! She is sort of a germaphobe, so this made me very proud! (Ohhhh, tear…)At the end of mile 2, Kitty is off to the side ready to puke. (This secretly made me feel good, because that meant we were really pushing ourselves this morning.) Mile 3 started and ended about 3 minutes longer than the other two, but we stuck to the running/walking distances. Of course we were seriously dragging and someone could have probably walked faster than I was running on that last stretch – but we didn’t give up!!!! Overall it was a pretty quiet morning. My body is completely exhausted. I was too tired to yell this morning – thanks to Jillian Michaels last night! I had to give a few “reminders” to speed up, but that’s all I could muster. The other day, my husband said to me, “when y’all get to the point where y’all can actually run – I mean run without stopping for a mile, I will exercise with y’all.” Then I got to thinking, if the girls and I feel like we’re in hell now – oh boy, just wait…
The girls are doing great! In light of Kitty’s obsession with constantly weighing herself, I have decided that we need to NOT focus on a weight-loss goal (even though we will still be recording those for you guys), but on an endurance goal. I proposed that we be healthy and conditioned enough to run (not walk) a 5k and survive a half marathon. If we can focus on this goal, then the weight will take care of itself. Right?
If any of you know when the next 5k or half marathon will take place in the early fall, please let me know!
The girls cooked egg beaters & cheese on toasted whole wheat English muffins for breakfast – yum!
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