Consistency.

Consistency.  I made a promise to myself and that was that I would follow through on my goals.  Be those work, life, or athletic.  I'm trying to hit my targets on time/ at all.  I may slack here and there but I'm proud of my progress.  Tomorrow A.M. I do week 5 day 3.  The first 20 min run all at once.  No walking.  I'm excited and scared.

Today's blog though is about the run on Wednesday.  I actually made it in on time.  The lure of running for me (and I'm a treadmill runner currently) is forgetting everything.  I run on the treadmill that has a broken tv and I just stare at the monitor.  I see my hair shadow swinging like a swag in the screen.  I see my head bobbing up and down in time with the music and my pace.  It helps me focus and zone out.  I just focus on the music and breathing.  I don't focus on work, I don't focus on bills, and I definitely don't think about a million other things that are going on in my life.  Stress free focused and fulfilled.  These are the reasons (along with the fringe benefits of looking and feeling better/healthier) that I run.  These are the reasons I keep running. 

I'm happy to be into running now.  After years of refusing to even consider the possiblity of running, here I am now, loving it.  So crazy! 

I talked to my only friend whom runs and she is planning for a 5K in June.  My target 5k is at the end of April.  I will run the first one alone, but the second I will do with her.  I'm going to sign up tomorrow.  I get a little bit of stage fright when getting ready to register for the races.  I hope not to fail and don't want to overwhelm myself with pressure.  I realize that but I need to have faith in myself that I will not only make it, but I can succeed. 

Thursday, I went to my Pilates Reformer class.  It was great.  I can feel how my abs have gotten stronger and are helping me everyday.

I'll report again tomorrow!

On a side note, today I spent an hour and a half at whole foods!  My fridge is stocked with amazing fresh organic foods and yummy meats plus an amazing bag of popcorn that I think is called Nearly Naked Popcorn w/ a touch of olive oil!  Amazing!  I'm planning on taking that with me to the movies in the future.  <- Mayyyybeee.. I'm a sucker for Popcorn at the movies w/ lots of butter.  Can I have extra cheese on the side? LOL.