" WTF R U Doing?!"

I wrote in my last blog, that this was my mantra....well, I am taking it a step further.  Last year I put on the Body Indulgence party in December, leading up to it, I posted a positive body article, tip, etc. on Facebook the whole month of October.

This year I am registered to run a 5k in October, so I thought....why not get my friends to do this too!?  My mantra, is now a group slogan to encourage others to be Healthy At Every Size!

I am recruiting everyone I know to train the next 3 months and to walk or run in the October 5k with me :)  I plan to have the slogan produced on buttons for everyone to wear.  And a few of us, Joeybear and myself will have T-shirts made.

So...WTF R U DOING?

This was what I came up with for myself:

Here is my curvy body....dated photo, so we can see where I am after the October 5k.  In 3 weeks, my hips, thighs and butt are all more firm, lifted and smaller (I can tell just in how my jeans fit)

Looking forward to many more changes.

:)

Winning the race of ME

After one week (3 runs) post knee injury, I got a wild hair to run a 5k :)  I decided that in order to gauge myself I needed to have a baseline.  I had set a goal of doing the 8 week couch to 5k trainer and continue training until my registered 5k in October.  My goal for October was to finish in less than an hour.  How did I know if an hour was good?

I started 5k training the beginning of June with the mile average of 24. something minutes.  Using my Nike+ GPS, I started to keep a better track and could tell that my time was slowly dwindling down : )  PROGRESS!

So, I went to do the 2012 Beef & Eggs 5k in Brookings, SD. 

I got my number.  I stretched.  I got nervous.  Started my music. Lined up and went.  I tried to do what I have done in my 5k training program.  I walked the first 5 blocks fast and then jogged every other block for as long as I could and then walked some more.  When I hit my first mile..I was averaging  just oover 16 mins :)  It was long, I went through many emotions, but I was determined not to quit...I had to finish.

I did finish!  I was the last person to finish, but I came in at 55 minutes :)  5 minutes under my goal for October's race! I averaged just over 18 minutes a mile.  So, now I have 7 more weeks of 5k training and almost 3 months total to speed up, and try to reach my new goal for October of 40 minutes :) and jog the whole thing !!

I am so thankful for my family and friends for their support!  Especially my husband and his best friend, Joeybear.  I talk to Joeybear about running alot and when I complain about not being fast enough or thin enough, he encourages me with "WTF are YOU doing?" reminding me, that regardless I am doing it for me and doing more than others who might be haters!  I used that mantra my entire first 5k to keep me going, and took a picture of my sweaty post race ass print on the sidewalk so all the haters can kiss it ! : )

I plan to run my next 5k on August 4, 2012 to see what progress I can make.

There is not better rush, than winning a race with yourself!

Charmaine

Wild and Crazy Summer

So it has been a few weeks...these have been the weeks I have been layed up with a knee injury.  NO RUNNING, ugh...but then again it has been close to 100 degrees each day, so maybe I am not missing anything.

I finally have my knee brace for my right knee, left knee arrives next week.  My knee feels better, and I can start running a little bit again next week, but I have to wear the braces!!  I also need more calcium and some glucosamine, as the xray showed signs of early ostio-arthritis issues...for fucks sake already!!!  Grey hairs, lumpy body, bad knees...I am too young for this shit to start already!

Work has been chaos...this whole summer is a whirlwind, with no end in sight until Mid-September, but yet...so many fun adventures!  Next week my husband turns 28 and I am throughing him a "Harem Night" bash :)  The week after that, we have my brother wedding!...I am still super busy at work, then August 1 is my parent's 20th Anniversary.  Family camping in August.  Ren Fest and MN state fair in Sept and our HONEYMOON!

WOOT WOOT WOOT

I have so many details to write, with little to no time...but find me on Twitter: cupcakepuddles  , I like to tweet my little daily funnies :)

SMOOCHES!