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May 5, 2008

5k – done!

Yay, we did our 5k yesterday and it felt great to do it, minus the extreme pain I felt in my calves.

Last week I was getting a crazy knot in my left calf and as soon as the race started my right one seized up just the same. I was limping big time for a while until it warmed up. I guess I didn’t stretch enough and need to practice a strict warm up regimen. The whole thing was very painful but I managed to finish in about 35 minutes.

It was a nice experience being with so many people who were running to celebrate breast cancer survivors or memorialize loved ones. It didn’t help that I was PMSing but I was on the verge of tears every two seconds. The camaraderie helped motivate me while running for sure though and afterwards I just felt happy.

My friends and I are going to run another one in a few weeks that is held in our town. Having these as goals really helps me focus and stick to a workout schedule. And now I really need to concentrate on losing more weight because my little bones clearly don’t want to run with 180 pounds. I’m paying the price today.

I’ve been eating more since working out so much, but now I need to cut back even just a little bit to start whittling away my poundage.

Posted by hopeful @ May 5, 2008 10:46 AM