Day FIVE. 122 Days to go.

5/3 Intervals

I struggle with the desire to be honest here conflicting with the desire to encourage and keep a positive attitude. But then I think of the blogs i read in preparation for starting this process. I searched Pinterest and Google both for obese running tips. I found several blogs with tips. From people who were 10-30 pounds overweight. More power to you but I have a lot more than that to carry with me on my runs. So here is the truth . . . todays run sucked! Yes I did it and that is an accomplishment. I showed up, I did my 3 miles and done. But my body felt especially heavy today. I was stiff and felt ever pound of overweight that I am with every step I took. I found not once but twice on run intervals, i simply could not keep going and had to punk out before our 5 minutes was up. Let me be clear, running is not easy. Not for me, not for this body. Im not sure what gave out first, my knees or my determination but something gave. My time was slower, I was hurting and lacked some serious motivation. And hopefully I can put this behind me and move forward. Yes I got up and went and I finished what i set out to do. But i want to do more. I want success. This is not an easy task that I have set out to accomplish. It will be filled with good runs, and runs that i hate. But i will persevere and I will grow strong. I will keep moving forward thanks to my running buddies at my side. And I will be a true fat kid running, doing the unimaginable for the second time in ONE year!


I got up on my ONE day off this week, with a 4:30 AM alarm. I didn't have to but I did.