It keeps getting better

I dropped my children off today with a good friend.  I wanted to go running without a stroller and it turned out fabulously.  I think I am going to have to find a way to have them watched at least twice a week.  Really, it made a difference.  Maybe I will just have to go out very early and my husband will be there when I am gone.  This is NOT an idea I really love as I am devoted to getting my rest.  We'll see how it goes and see if I can make a deal with someone close so I can have me time alone. I went to another friends house and we went together to do our run.  Her block is .90miles around and we went around 4 times.  Our first time was a walker.  It wasnt at a terribly fast pace but we were moving at a nice pace.  After about 5 minutes I was difficult to carry on a conversation. We were still able to talk but it was heavy breathing and not a fast conversation by any means.  Our second time around we ran.  it was a nice pace for a run and I felt like it was my pace to a t.  our third time around we walked again and it was a nice pace as well.  On our fourth time around it was a run for most of the .90 miles.  So I figure I ran for about .75 miles of the almost mile.  Anyway it ends up being 3.6 miles that we went total.  Yippee.  I thought that I might go out later tonight when we are going to be near a park.  But once I found that we had gone over 3 miles I decided not to push it.  My left shin was really in pain.  After the second time around it was very hard to ignore the pain shooting in my leg.  The friend that I went with today gave me some ideas on how to help heal and prevent the shin injuries.  Since I am willing to try anything I am going to do these exercises and see how it goes.  I really think that if nothing else these will help me stretch correctly and align my hips.  Listen, if someone told me that eating a bug would get rid of shin pain I would try it.  Really!  I makes it difficult to want to go further and keep yourself going ahead.  I did something TERRIBLE today.  the secret is held within my food journal.  I was bad.  Like, the badest bad you can be with a food journal.  I know that my trainer is going to laugh and have a stern talk with me about my day.

Here it is

Food journal:

1 peanut butter and homemade jam sandwich

2 Dr.peppers

nothing

nothing

nothing

at 8pm I had a salad from a Mexican place. Salad,pork,sour cream,cheese,black beans,corn,tomatoes and a sauce

THEN

1bowl of pumpkin pie ice cream

I know I know!  But I will say this.....wahoo.  the salad and ice cream was really delicious.  Although I did pay for not eating the whole day.  My blood sugar was all over the place and I felt horrible.  

Listen to this....I am so so so excited for my upcoming 5k run!!!!!  I am really going to do this and do it well I think.  Those of you who know me should know that I am not one to exercise and now to be really into it is so incredible.  Once again, I need to thank my sisters for keeping this dream alive and helping it feel doable.  Keep going Rhonda, Robin, Renea, you guys ROCK!!!