Week 8

So this week I have good news and bad news. Good news; I have broken my one and a half mile record and made it to two miles without stopping this week, so if I can get a little more than one mile under my belt, I can run an entire 5k without stopping, which is really exciting. The bad news is, and I am ashamed to say it, I missed my 5k this past weekend. I slept through my alarm and woke up an hour after the race had actually started. So now, did I not only miss my 5k, I also owe the school 14 dollars for not running, which in college currency, is about a hundred dollars. But, I have some more good news! Coming up in May, there is a color run that will be taking place exactly one hour from here in Orange Beach. If I can get someone to go with me, I am going to sign up and make that one my first 5k.

In a sense I don't think that it is the end of the world that I ended up missing my race, although it is disappointing. When I run my first marathon I want to be able to run the whole thing, and this gives me about another month to get ready for it. And, let's be honest, I think the color run sounds so much fun. So that's my plan for now.

This past week I have gotten out and ran almost every day except maybe 2 or three days, I haven't really been keeping track because now I usually end up running for fun. I never thought I would end up saying I enjoy running, but I do. I have been going around campus mostly, but when it starts to get really hot here in the summer I will have to start running at the gym again, but we will see.

My eating this week has been better, my only problem is eating at night has slowly started to creep back into to my routine. I need to start getting myself to stop eating after dinner, but everything tastes better at midnight! I usually try to keep fruit in my room for nights that I can't help but eat something to take off the edge a little bit. But over all I have been eating pretty healthy with a few exceptions.

I have noticed that lately I am becoming less concerned with my weight and more concerned with how I feel. I haven't gotten on the scale in a while because the closest one is in the gym, but it's almost kind of nice to not have to worry about the numbers on the scale. I need to check in with my weight and I will as soon as possible, but it really shows that I am running and eating healthy to be healthy. The more I continue to exercise, the better I feel about myself, and the better I feel about myself, the more motivated I am to keep exercising.

This week has been good faith wise. I have been to a couple of services around town and I really feel like I'm getting back on the right track. There are certain areas of my life that I know I should be working on, and it's encouraging because the ability to recognize those parts of my life is the first step towards getting my faith right with God again.

So that is it for this week! See ya next week!