Week Two COMPLETE!

Hello, world!  My name is Sarah, and I just finished week two of my training for a 5k.

I am SO EXCITED!  I know that if I made it this far, each week's goal is just another small step toward running my 3.1 miles.  Even when I was at my fittest, running 3 miles was still a huge accomplishment, so now that it's getting closer and closer to being within grasp, I am very eager to keep going.

My friend Craig is doing the Gateway to 10k, a step up from my Couch to 5k, and he is really rocking it.  He has faced a lot of the same challenges I have, so I wanted to give him a public shout out for recently running over 4 miles on a 24 degree morning!  As always, he's encouraging me to take it slow, but it's hard when you see such great results from someone who started in a similar vein as I did.

I am in the biggest financial bind I've experienced in a looooooong time, so it's killing me not to be able to go buy the stuff I want to buy to run outside.  I just need a headband for my ears and some gloves (though I'm considering using some mismatched socks as mittens), and preferably something long-sleeved and synthetic (all of my good stuff is sleeveless or short-sleeved) to layer with, but my last few bucks are going toward half a tank of gas.  You'd think, for all the years I've been stocking up on workout clothes, I'd have bought a few of these things, but I've always been a gym-goer, and until now, it hasn't required any special kit.  I don't think it's something I"d want to pick up at a thrift store, though creating an exercise-themed thrift store is not a bad idea.

The best news of all, though, is that I've lost 8 pounds.  I don't really weight myself, ever, but I had a follow-up doctor's appointment on Friday, and they weighed me.  I'd been on the day before Thanksgiving, too, and I've lost 8 pounds since then.  This is very, very positive.  Due to years of stress and insomnia, my body is very resistant to weight loss, and I think the shock of a different kind of training has really kick-started it.  Additionally, it's hard to justify a lot of indulgences when you know you're never more than 2 days away from a new challenge!

Two weeks down, seven to go.