Recovered and moving on / First non c25k run / Easter

I waited.

Patiently.

I cried in the middle of the night for no apparent reason, waking up and feeling stuck. But I didn’t get mad at myself. I just said “Well this must be what I needed to feel” so I cried myself to sleep and woke up the morning: Recovered and ready to move on. Saturday’s tend to be pretty important days for me with them being OWiS (official weigh in saturday) days and I just couldn’t let myself lay in bed feeling upset.

Got good numbers yesterday (-2.8). Flew through the 230’s. Faster than I anticipated. Moving more is becoming very important to me and the numbers moving down is giving me all the more determination to keep going. Frustration sank in yesterday morning after OWiS because the rain was still coming down in a downpour. My body wanted to run. It’s the strangest feeling…that wanting to run feeling, that get out on the streets and move feeling. I don’t want my running to be on a treadmill, I want it outside. I had resolved to going to the gym for elliptical work and maybe some swimming. Just as I finished my post yesterday the sun started to peek through and as fast as I could pack a bag, out the door I went to get that much needed run in.

No c25k program this run.

I found another podcast that takes you from 5k-8k in much the same fashion. I’m excited to be back in a run/walk interval type program. This one starts out 8 min run/1 min walk. I’m finding this program very doable. I accidently skipped the first interval so ran the first 16 minutes with no problem. In the end I ran 2.5 miles. Already a .25 mile improvement since Wednesday. I think this run was 35 minutes so again another 5 minute improvement. This particular pod cast is another 9 week program so I am sure to reach the 5k mark soon. I’m predicting within the next 2 weeks.

Today is Easter.

We’ve made non-chocolate based easter baskets for Mitch’s mom and sister. This is a first. I’ve also designated any chocolate received to work and neighborhood kids. I’m  heading into the gym early this morning to get at least 45 minutes on the elliptical. This will reinforce why I’m doing what I’m doing: Making better choices to become the person I was meant to be.

What are your Easter plans (if any)