The last time that I blogged I was a week or so in Turbo Fire and I did do that for about 4 weeks when I stopped. Why did I stop? I joined a local running group and that became my primary source of cardio.
There are only a small handful of us that are in the group, four of us that run every time (Kim, Becky, Gail, and myself) and Sam and few others that come once a week or so. We primarily trail run in the Mohican Forest and I love it!
I have been running so much and loving it that I did my first race on Sunday October 14, 2012. I ran the 5th Annual Mohican 5k. My goal since I am still new to running (well in a decade) was to run it in under 45 minutes. My official race time was 36:22 (11:43 per mile).
I was super excited and felt amazing. The downside I ran on shin splints so right now I am one week into a two week rest period. (No running for two weeks!!!!!). I need the downtime to completely heal because I am registered to run the Forget the PR 25k (half marathon) on April 28, 2013 and the Mohican Marathon on June 15, 2013. We will be starting a 16 week training program in February to prepare for the marathon, although we will probably be unofficially training for the half marathon a lot sooner. I am super exited!!!
Here is me before the race
Crossing the finish line with my buddy Kim
Me, Gail, Kim and Kent after the race
As for the weight loss I am now down 41 pounds but it has really slowed down a lot even though I am still losing inches. I am switching to do different type of eating plan this coming Monday to see if that helps. I need to get as much off before February before training because official weight loss goes on hold.
