Thursday, August 4, 2011

I'm WHAT???

Well friends, it's true -- I am doing something that I NEVER thought I would do.... RUNNING! My wonderful friend, Leslie, got me into it. Something about getting out of the house at night without kids and running just does something good for the body! So, we did the 4th of July "Fun Run" for the 3rd year in a row, and this time, I actually ran. Of course I didn't run the whole thing (4.2 miles) because, come on, I just started. But I did run a full mile without walking -- that was my first milestone! I averaged a 12:23 minute mile .... and now I am down to 10 to 10.5 minute miles.
It is fun to think about the first night Leslie and I went running to my last run. The first time was "let's just run to the next street" and now it is running for 20 minutes straight. CRAZY. Soo crazy that we signed up to a 5k all-girls mud run in September!

3 comments:

Jessi said...

sounds awesome! YOu go girl!

Cameron, Jenny and Family said...

Way to go Val!!

Stephanie and Daniel said...

Woo hoo! Go Val! Sure glad I was there for your first 4th of July run :-) Help get you on your way! Ha!