May 2: Today I have decided to get off my booty and get in shape. I have never been athletic and hit the peak of my sports career when I was voted "Most Outstanding High Kicker" on my high school drill team my junior year. Without getting too specific, that was a LONG time ago. (11 years if you must know.) As a dancer, I built up enough stanima for a half time performance - which is only about 5 minutes worth. So, over the years my metabolism has dropped, my food intake has increased, and my activity level has become snail-like. Hence why a few years ago I tipped the scale at a not-so-cute number. Weight Watchers and my first forray into post-HS exercise helped me lose 20 pounds. Since then, I have done some yo-yoing on the scale and am finally back to my goal weight. This time, I intend to not only stay at my goal weight, but to also take my goals a step further and become the athelete I never knew I wanted to be.
With that said, it has officially become my goal to jog and/or walk 2 miles EVERY day. Ultimately, I want to work my way up to being able to jog the entire Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure 5K on October 2nd. Thus, I need help from my accountability partners (all of you who care enough to follow this and my awesome friend Chrissy).
I am not really going for speed, but I do time myself to help track my consistency. The report from Day 1 is:
I jogged 1 mile in 11 minutes and 51 seconds, then jog/walked a second mile for a total time of 25 minutes 10 seconds.
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In May, 2010 I decided to become a Jogger. I was doing it to lose the 8% of body fat that I need to in order to be considered "lean" and to jog my first 5k. In October, 2010 I met one of my goals and jogged my first 5k! In 2011, I jogged my 2nd 5k and my first ever 10k!! My goal for 2012 has switched from a focus on jogging to a focus on muscle building so that I can get closer to my 8% goal!
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