I finally managed to walk my first 5K today. I walked with my sister-in-law and her sister. We weren't last, but we were close (there were 4 people behind us.)
I hung around for the awards ceremony. Top 3 in each category were pretty much all under 30 minutes (I think one placed at 33 minutes). We came in at 58 minutes.
On the DIS boards, they have the WISH team. That stands for We're Inspired to Stay Healthy. They have the saying that DLF > DNF > DNS.
Dead Last Finish is better than Did Not Finish is better than Did Not Start.
We're all falling behind again. I've managed to walk roughly between 9 and 11 miles in the last week, which is pretty good. My time is limited during the week. My child has dance until 6 on Monday, GS until 5 on Tuesday (followed by my own dance class at 7), and dance until 5:30 on Wednesday. I could possibly walk the 3.whatever miles around the lake on Tuesday (between GS and dance, and that's IF I don't drag my feet at GS.) We could go after 5:30 on Wednesday. We can go Thursday and Friday afternoons. Plus Saturdays and Sundays.
So...need to put a halt on the excuses. Need to get MORE done, exercise-wise.
My goal, silly as it seems, is to do the next 5K (scheduled for the first weekend of October) in 45 minutes or less.
In a year, maybe I can actually run the thing.
But for now...I did it. I finished. And for that much, I'm happy.
Here's a website to look at. I think my cohorts should get in this with me: http://www.c25k.com/
Long-term Goal: Run the Princess Half-Marathon at Disney. Half-Marathon = 13.x miles. What's a logical date for that? 2015?
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