I did it!

Today was my day. The alarm went off at 5:20AM (Last night my husband reminded me of how dark it is at 5:00 in the morning so I pushed my time back 20 min). I hit snooze. The alarm went of at 5:25, I hit snooze. Then I remembered my goal and before it dared utter a sound, I grabbed my phone and my carefully laid out jogging attire which consisted of sweats and a long sleeve shirt I dug out of an old box (fancy schmancy). Okay I can do this...

I was ready. My cute husband offered his full support for my endeavor. He got up shortly after me, tucked his novel under his arm, and headed for the living room couch to wait for me. I am so lucky and blessed to have him. He has decided to do this "running thing" with me. Because we have a little boy we cant go at the same time. He will be starting his goal tomorrow on my rest day.

So my training this morning mostly consisted of getting up an out the door. I went outside and looped around our neighborhood block for 10 minutes, walking briskly. I have to admit, after the 10min I was slightly winded and, as I passed my front yard, found myself longing for the comfy couch next to my hubby. No, I have a goal! My old shoes were itching to slap the street. So I started to jog, I jogged for 2 minutes, then walked for 2 minutes. I ended up jogging 3 times. I was so proud of myself. I didn't even cheat! After that walk/jog portion of my session, I walked for another 10 minutes. This time I did stop at my house but only to give my dogs a surprise morning walk (they were in heaven). I ended up looping around my little block 7 times! To top it all off, there wasn't much activity in the neighborhood this morning, so there were very few to observe my running. Woot woot!

I just want to say I did it. I started. That's the hardest part. I am going to look for a 5K on july 4th. I think by then I should not die before the finish line. I am so happy.