5K!

FINALLY!

5k non-stop OUTSIDE!

I’ve run 5K on the treadmill twice now, once in 38 minutes and once in 37 min. But thus far I have not managed to repeat my success out side.

Until today. Outside. With a nice wind blowing and a few hills just to make things interesting. It took me 40 min- which is pretty darn slow (The hubby recently finished a 5k race in 27 min) Its taken me three years of trying. I have gotten sidelined by back pain, two bouts of the 6 week flu, pain in my knee, IT band issues… but FINALLY!!!!

What was different this time around?

I took things much slower, I invented my own schedule that was more like a 18 week learn to run rather than a 10 week learn to run and I have religiously seeing my amazing chiropractor / acupuncturist / Chinese medicine dude the mighty Dr. Gordon.

All Hail DR GORDON!!! His treatments are painful and unpleasant, but god damn they work.

And the weight is very slowly coming off. In March I weighed 179. Yesterday I was down to 172.5

Now if I can just keep this up....