So, originally I started this blog as a way to share great deals that I found and fabulous recipes. Then I got bored with that so I stopped blogging. Then I got a really awesome job finding great deals in my area and I thought, I really need to blog again. Then I got promoted and didn't have the time to blog anymore. It really has been a vicious cycle. I constantly have thoughts pop in my head that I think, "Man, I should blog about that, but I have a couponing blog, it's not relevant." So, I have decided that even though my blog is a couponing/deal blog, I am going to post random things as well. I apologize if you've stumbled across my blog expecting simply deals, but I promise there will be some fabulous ones coming. :)
Yesterday I ran my very first 5K. Let me just tell you, before January 3 I had never run in my life. I was that kid in PE that had to tie their shoe every 100 yards. I think the fastest I had ever run a mile was somewhere around 16-18 minutes. On January 3 I started training with my friend Lisa. We trained telecommutely (used the same training schedule but never actually trained togther) using a schedule made by a friend of her's that does IronMan competitions. On January 3, I ran 9 minutes without stopping, and actually didn't die. I felt pretty good about myself. Over the next 3 months I gradually increased my running until I was running for 30 minutes straight and on March 26, 2011, I ran 5K in 33 minutes and 20 seconds. I have never been so proud of myself in my entire life. I have graduated from college and had 2 children and still running for those 33 minutes seemed like the greatest achievement of my life. I actually did something by myself, with no help from anyone. It felt AMAZING!!!!!
Here is the picture of me crossing the finish line:
I cannot wait for my next one!!!!
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