5K Experience

Well I survived my 5k!!!! The weather really was not super good, it was acutally snow flurrying when we started!! It was a whopping 32 degrees!!! )Once we got started I actually wasn't cold, but it was pretty cold before we started. They had over 400 people run so that was very cool. We got really nice long sleeve t-shirts too! My bf mandy showed me the way , how to tie my chip on my foot etc. My family (my parents, dh and Izzy ) all came to watch me off although i was very dissappointed that they were not at the finish line...the were inside eating...oh well. Mandy was very kind to stick with me the whole time and run at my slow pace. I am very proud of myself I jogged almost the whole way....i had to walk a few minutes of it. I finished with a time of 39 min 11 sec...so not exactly quick but I did it. I had never run a mile non stop ever and I ran over 1.5 before I walked a bit. My lungs felt great, but I had cramps that i couldn't seem to shake hence the walking.

Because of the weather there weren't huge crowds cheering us on but I had a blast anyway. I already agreed to do another 5k over July 4th and hopefully will find one more to do in between. I am VERY sore today...as I was yesterday...kind of pathetically sore but my body is not used to that much jogging and I had NEVER run outside so I am sure all that factors in.

Oh and today we re-did some of our fitness testing in my class (it is sadly the last week) We did push ups, sit ups and plank. I did better than last time on sit ups and push ups but not with the plank, the trainer had us do a crazy hard ab workout to warm up so the plank was harder than normal.

Here are my results

Push Ups- 13 (I think begining of class I did 7, mid way 10)
Sit ups in 30 sec --26( Begining of class, 20, midway 25)
Plank- 1 min 50 sec (Begining of class 1 min 25, midway 2 min 10 sec)

Wednesday we will get weighed and body fat measurements. My weight has not changed and as of this morning I was up a pound from last weigh in (down 1 from begining) I am not so concerned about that as long as I see progress in the body fat %. I have pretty much not really following my meal plan but still maintaining my weight so that is okay with me. The trainer told me this morning that i looked great so that was flattering (especially coming from all 5/2" 100 lbs of her :) ) I really do feel pretty good and think i can see a difference in my shoulders, arms and legs than before I did the class. I kind of wish I had taken before/after pictures, but I didn't. I don't know if the changes would have been that obvious or not.

We will see on Wednesday