Week 4 - The shirt

So this week, once again, the heat index was 113 degrees so the did not have practice.  I was quite relieved, but at the same time, I am afraid I am getting behind.  Even though I still walk alone, without the other people there, I keep my own slower pace than when I am with the other runners.  Oh well, hoping it will cool off one of these days, in the meantime, I am trudging along.

The shirts are cute.  Very girlie and pink and fitted!  The sides have an inset that has lips, lipstick, heels....all very girlie.  The only problem is that the largest shirt that they sold is too tight for me.  UGHHH!!!  It just goes to show that maybe I am not meant for this.  I don't know, I cried when I was leaving Shelby Farms knowing that it would never fit.  We are supposed to wear it to the 5K and I want to be like every one else.  It just makes me sad.  I am a plus size woman trying to get into shape and am having a very difficult time finding tech wear.

Isaiah 40:31

Week 3 - It is HOT outside!!

This has been a tough week.  I did my Week 2 Homework on Saturday and did pretty good considering it was 97 degrees outside.  I did rest much of the afteroon, by evening I was feeling sick at my stomach.  Not surprised because there is a bit of the bug going around.  Anyway, was sick all day Sunday, and then also Monday morning.  I called my running buddy and told her I was not able to go to training Monday night.  Well, it had been cancelled because the heat index was going up to 109.  Soooooo.....I guess I got out of going to training without missing anything.  I walked Tuesday morning, but did not try to run.  Today, I tried to do my week 3 homework and I got so tired.  I just don't have the stamina yet.  Run 2:00 and walk 3:00 for 30 minutes does not seem like much, but I am carrying around a whole other person.  I don't want to give up, but cannot help but hear my inner mind asking "can you really do this?"  "What if you can't finish?"  "What if you get hurt?" 

My friend just keeps encoraging me and telling me that I WILL finish, and that I CAN do this.  I am forever grateful for her support.

Week 2 - I didn't drink enough water

Well, I survived week 2 of training for the Memphis Women's Run/Walk this week.  I did so well last week, and I had had SO much water last week that I really just had to pee all day long.  Well, this week was a different story.  I guess I did not drink quite as much as before, and it was about 10 degrees hotter.  I did OK for the first half of the training, but a little over half way through, I got so nauseated, my lips and tongue were so dry and my calves were killing me.  I thought, I am gonna barf over in the field with several hundred of my closest friends watching.  I decided to walk the rest of the way.  I survived, but hope that I learned a very valuable lesson.....you have to drink water.  You just have to. 

Now, to get back out there and try again.

Hey, Noah.....what does the fish say???

Hunter Man can sit up

Week 1 of Memphis Women Walk Run

I signed up for the Memphis Women's Run Walk training program at Shelby Farms.  We will train to run/walk in a 5K in September.  We will go weekly on Monday evenings for 10 weeks. 

I have been drinking water all day today (I know, can you believe it) and boy does water make you need to tinkle.  I got to Shelby Farms early and the Lord was shining down on me I guess because it was cloudy, breezy and 85 degrees.....not the 98 degrees it had been just a few days prior.  Anyway, I started out at the back of the pack (did I mention that there are hundreds of women running).  We ran 1 minute and walked 2 minutes for a total of 25 minutes.  There are many, many coaches throughout the pack and they were a real encouragement.  I did manage to stay caught up with the rest of the pack, although I had to walk probably more than run, but it will come.  It is not about "racing" it is about setting a goal and accomplishing it. 

Did I mention that when I pulled in to the parking lot, that I pulled in right behind the ambulance.  I thought oh my goodness, please dear Lord, don't let me have to see the inside of that thing. 

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