Running and Diet and Birthday

Bunch of exciting things to report this entry.

I FINALLY ran my first treadmill 5k this week. 37 minutes. Not great time, but hell, I actually ran 37 minutes. That's about 37 minutes longer then I've even run prior to starting this program so I'm pretty psyched. I have my first real 5k in just over a week, and I have to be honest, I'm terrified. I went out to Mondauk yesterday evening to try my hand at actually running outdoors. Let's just say it was a disaster. My pace, form, and stamina went to complete shit and I barely made it 1/2 mile before I nearly died of exhaustion. I'm hoping that all I need is to work on my pace and I'll be able to get the 3.1 that I need to run the race next week. But right now, not looking so good.

Another FINALLY this week is I finally broke past the 227 wall i had been facing for 3 months with my diet. Since past Christmas I've been hovering at or above 227 and just haven't been able to get past it. After 4 weeks of weighing in at 227, today I weighed in at 225.4, now about 1/2 of pound of that weight is due to the difference between my new scale and my old scale. The old scale still weighed me in at 226 so it's still a break through. Hopefully it's clear sailing to my 10% goal of 117.8 over the next few weeks. I would like to be there before Florida in June.

The last excitement of this week is My Birthday. I had a great time and it was awesome that so many people came out to watch me suck at bowling. Hopefully we can get the gang out to do it again some time soon. I sometimes forget how much fun bowling is. It's taking 2 really fun things.. drinking and hanging out with friends, and throwing a silly game in with it. brilliant!