Took me two tries, but I did it! After my first attempt, I drove to the place I normally run and gave it another go. Nothing amazing, but I did it. I was determined not to fail the day, despite the over-indulgence in Hopslam and junk food last night. 

My ankle is still hurting pretty bad, but like my knee, I plan to just keep icing it and run through it until it gets used to the activity and straightens up. 

I splurged and got an entire case of Hopslam today! It is the best beer ever, ever, ever! Comes out once a year, is really expensive ($19 per 6 pack), but is is so very, very good!

Going to crack one or four open tonight! To hell with the diet tonight!

Since I started running and watching what I eat about 7 weeks ago, I have been making a fruit & veggie smoothie just about every day. I have a Vitamix blender that I use that does a great job, no small bits of anything left after I blend it.

Here is what I put in today’s breakfast/mid morning snack;

• Dole - Frozen Blueberries, 0.5 cup
• Michigan Apples - 1 Large Fuji Apple 
• Carrot - Large - Raw***, 1 large
• Pineapple - Raw, all varieties, 1 cup, diced 
• Spinach - Raw, 1 cup
• Dannon - Light & Fit, Non Fat, Vanilla Yogurt, 4 oz
• Tropicana - Orange Juice, Some Pulp, 6 fl oz

This was calculated by MyFitness at 412 calories, which is not bad since this is breakfast and mid-morning snack for me. Very filling and introducing the fruit and vegetables has really made me feel better in several ways.  It’s an easy way to get vegetables and fruit that I wouldn’t normally eat.

This is not today’s smoothie, but a recent one.

Did my weekly weigh in and am down another 1.5 pounds!! The running and watching calorie intake is working!  

Despite oversleeping this morning by an entire hour and lingering ankle pain from my last run, I made it out for the start of week 6 of the C25K program.  I made a few mistakes today that made my run far less enjoyable than it should have been:

1. I took it too lightly, since I had just run 20 minutes, I figured today would be easy
2. I started running too soon after waking up
3. I ate a Clif Bar and some OJ before running

With all of that, I’m glad I made it through.  I am going to rest my ankle for 2 days so that hopefully when I tackle day 2 I’ll be feeling much better.

I got a sweet deal on a pair of Vibram FiveFingers last week at rei.com and they arrived today. The color is not my first choice, but they were over 50% off and I wanted to try a pair, but wasn’t sure if I’d like them.

They will take some getting used to for sure, but everyone says that they are great and very comfortable. Not sure if I’ll run in them or just kick around in them.

I did it! I completed week 5, day 3, which is 20 minutes of continuous running! That is a huge achievement for me! 6 weeks ago I couldn’t run anywhere, and here I am acting like a runner, running a few times a week and looking forward to it! Have to keep working on my legs, because my legs are what hold me back/slows me down. My cardio improved so quick (as I read it would) but my legs are taking some time. 

In the spirit of who I am and what I’m doing, I could not pass up the shirt on woot.com today!

I got out for my C25k week 5, day 2 run this morning! It was pretty good and the first time I ran for 8 minutes! Two runs of 8 minutes with a 5 minute walk in between. No issues, aside from a killer cramp in my left calf, but I just ran through it. It is sore now, but I think it will sort itself out by tomorrow.

I recently payed for an Elite membership at RunKeeper and for the $20 it is a good value. Keeping track of my routes, distance, time, etc and being able to see the progress is helping to keep me movtivated!

Weighed in today and see a 5lb loss since I started the C25K program and watching what I eat and drink!! Not as good as I’d like, but considering that we just came through the holiday season I’ll take it as a win!