Kelly's Challenge Completed!

Kelly at Kelly is Losing It issued a 5k challenge back in September. I didn't hear about it until last week but decided to do it anyway. Today was Week 1 Day 3 of my C25K training so I incorporated the challenge into my work out. I got on the treadmill and did the C25K portion first intending to stop at 3.1 total miles.

At the 25 minute mark the last running portion starts at that point I was at 1.5 miles. I started running, I ran through the 5 minutes cool down and kept going. I told myself, "First goal run 1mile!" I've done it before on the treadmill so I knew I could. As I neared the 3.1 miles mark I was still feeling really good and I thought, "I can do this! I'm not going to stop until the read out says 4.6 miles total." And I did it! I did another few minutes to cool down and ended at 75 minutes with a total of just under 4.75 miles. So yes I *ran* 5k today, without stopping. On a treadmill. Could I have done it outside in the real world? No, not yet anyway. But I will! That's what the C25K training is all about. (I just didn't have anyone to watch the twins so I could run around the neighborhood.)

How do you like me now?