I ran a 5K and actually finished!!

Last weekend I ran a 5K. It's only 3 miles, but I  have never ran in a 5K, 10K or any "K" before!  I was so excited that my friend Margene invited me to run this with her.  She even had t-shirts made for our little team!

Here we are before the run.  I am the 4th in from the left. My daughter is on my left. 

It was such a fabulous experience!  I am soooo glad I did it.  I was worried that I wouldn't be able to finish, and to be totally honest, I almost walked part of it, but my daughter who ran with me said, "No Mom, you can't stop, keep going!" and for some weird reason, that gave me the energy to finish the run!  

If you are thinking, "I could never run 3 miles," well I am here to tell you that you CAN!  I use to HATE running.  I avoided it like the plague.  It made my lungs burn and I felt like I was going to die.  You have to work up to 1/4 mile, 1/2 mile, than 1 mile, then 2 and so on.  It's not something you can do in 1 day.  

I love running now and it is relaxing to me and clears my mind.  I especially love running at 5:30 in the morning, but you don't have to do that:)  BABY STEPS!  

Thanks for reading my blog and I really am so grateful for all of my readers.  Thanks for sticking with me!!

My First 5K- Portland Fun Run!

I have been so excited about this ever since my friend Margene (who has lost over 100 pounds!!) invited me to run in Portland's largest 5K (3.1 miles) Fun Run.  It's coming up on June 4th.  I can't wait!  

I have been a runner for about 3 years now.  I used to run about 2-3 miles EVERY day except Sunday.  My friend Karie and I were so motivated!  I felt so good.  I lost about 30 pounds!  I looked HOT.

Then she went and got married and moved 45 minutes away.  I lost my running partner!  I was really depressed:(  I kept running, but wasn't as motivated.  Soon I was pretty much just walking, but still running a few days a week.  

Now fast forward a year or so.  I have gained all my weight back, plus some.  SUPER depressing!  I signed up for a running class at my community college for FALL and now SPRING.  I am back up to about 3 miles....Yay!!  I still mostly run by myself, but I am feeling motivated again.  I want to be healthy and lose some extra weight!  

I feel so much better when I am eating right and exercising 5-6 times a week.  So I am going to run this 5K and then I can say I did it!  

Who knows, maybe next year, I'll be up for this:

Miracles can happen, right??

Hope your having a spectacular weekend:)