5K, All the Way!

I did it. This afternoon I did the 5K. Walking, of course. I really gave it my best shot, and feel pretty good about the whole thing. Ok, so it was just a fundraiser, not incredibly competive or anything. Just a nice, family-friendly, fundraising type of event. Even still, I admit the competitor in me did come out, a little. I'm proud to say I was among the faster walkers. Yes, there were a few walkers ahead of me that shot out of there way in the beginning and with whom I never did catch up. But there were a goodly number behind me, that stayed behind me and never passed ME up. The only folks who passed me were runners. And I passed up a number of walkers myself. So yay! Go me!

According to my watch, I think I did the 5K's (how many miles is that? 3.4 or something?) in about 43 minutes. No, that's not going to qualify me for any Olympic medals anytime soon. But goddam, I put the pedal to the medal, baybee -- as much as these 240+ pounds would allow! I barely broke my stride throughout the entire thing -- chug, chug, chugging along, my mp3 player in hand. And it felt really good. No, it felt GREAT! And I have all my walking this summer to thank for it. What a lovely feeling of empowerment. Who cares that I did all that walking all summer long, plus have the will and energy to enter 5K's, and not do so badly in them if I do say so myself -- yet still have not lost a single flippin' pound, BUT IN FACT have conspiculously tight Christmas jeans yet again??? Jeans that just this past spring were considerably more loose BEFORE I had even THOUGHTS of starting my fitness regimine??? And nevermind that Oprah was running full marathons at 40.
Hey, nevermind that, because I walk 5K's with my fat, 40 year old self, Bay-bee!

So, nyah, nyah, nyah...!

In any event, I had a lot of fun today, and intend to enter future 5K's as I find out about them. I'll be a 5K fiend!

Walk Talk

Still walkie walkie over here. It's been going well, despite starting a part time babysitting gig this past week. Being on call by 8:00 am for childcare duty is putting a little spin to my previous free-and-open-ended morning schedule, but I'm doing my best to fit my walking in, because I'm really enjoying it a lot. In fact, I'm even thinking of signing on for an upcoming 5K run/walk fundraiser. I've never done anything like that before (well, not entirely true -- there was that walk-a-thon in highschool), but it sounds fun -- plus it's for a charity I feel compelled to support. I would just hate to come in last place or something -- although I know it's silly to worry about things like that, since that's certainly not what it's all about. At any rate, the event is scheduled for 9/30, which gives me more time to reflect and decide.

I *am* thinking about it though....