5K Progress!

I have been working towards running my first 5K race since the beginning of the year, and last week I hit a big milestone: I ran the entire 5K on the treadmill not once but twice! I decided to try running it last Wednesday, and I did it again on Friday. I will go Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week since I have MOPS on Friday.

I really surprised myself. I am slow right now, but I have 6 more workouts until my 5K race on April 13th. I plan to bump up the speed on the treadmill .1 mph every workout until my race. If it gets to be too much I will just hold steady. My goal continues to be to run the entire race without stopping.

Do you know what the best part of this running program is?

Last night DadOf3 and I took the kids to the park. We ended up playing freeze tag and I was a formidable opponent! I have always played tag with the kids but just kind of knew that they were going to catch me and I didn't try too hard. Last night I ran hard and outran them! Ha! Of course they did "catch" me in the end but I was no longer a sitting duck waiting to be tagged.

Progress!!

If you want to read more about my journey to become a runner, you can click here.