I RAN a mile...and no one was chasing me! ;)

Feb 15, 2011

I have always joked that I would not run unless someone was chasing me...with a weapon. lol Well, I'm still no runner and it's hard to imagine being one, seeing as how I've never run, but something clicked in my mind last week while I was watching a mediocre program on TV about a girl who was trying to lose a lot of weight in a short period of time. Her trainer was very set on running being her best source of exercise. Seeing as how she was 260 pounds, I seriously think they should have consulted her doctor, but that's besides the point. His goal was to get her to run a whole mile in 10 minutes. She did eventually do it in 20-some minutes, stopping many times and even vomitting, but by the end of the summer, she did run that 10 minute mile. All the while she was red and miserable and huffing her brains out and holding onto the bars, but she did it! It just sort of sparked this little thought in my mind...."I wonder if I could run a mile?" I mean, I've lost 110 lbs, and I even weighed less than that girl when she ran the 10 minute mile, so what if I COULD? I'm consistently surprised by the new experiences I'm able to have now that I've lost so much weight, so what if it's just my attitude that's keeping me from thinking I can do something like that?

Well yesterday, instead of my usual routine, I got on the treadmill and just started jogging. I did try to keep my speed at a comfortable level (between 4 and 4.2). Time wasn't the goal here though, it was the distance. Well it took me 15 minutes, but I DID IT!!! I ran the whole mile and didn't even stop once!  Once I hit one mile, I cried right on that treadmill. lol Sucking wind and all! Everyone there probably thought I was insane but that was a HUGE moment for me! I don't think I've run since high school for those superfit tests! I certainly couldn't have done that for more than a few minutes at best whe I was 300 pounds. I'm amazed every day at what this surgery has done for me and my health. WOW!

So what's next? I'd like to keep trying to get that time shorter. Or perhaps I should focus on running longer than a mile? I have no idea because I've never run in my life. I'll have to get some advice. My legs are like noodles today and I'm in terrible pain, lol, but I'll live. I might try to give my legs a day of rest today and then run tomorrow (do some other things today).

I just had to share this with you. Sometimes, I feel so different, I don't even feel like ME. I love my RNY!

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