A New Goal

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to say, "I'm going to start exercising!" And then you never do? Or you do that day because you are full of this awesome motivation, and then the next morning you wake up, unable to move a muscle, and you think, "Why did I do that? I'm never exercising again!"

Well... I'm going to start exercising! *insert hysterical laugh here*. No, really! I am! And you want to know how I KNOW I am going to? Because I've been given a challenge, which gives me a goal... something to work towards...

what exactly is this "goal" and "challenge"?

Are you sure you want to know?

Are you sure you're ready to know?

Cause I'm pretty sure if you know me at all you are going to laugh...

Okay....

Here it goes....

I, Ashlee Marie Freeman, am going to run in a 5k on May 7, 2011.

Okay... you can laugh now.

Are you done yet?

How about now?

Okay... so, yeah. That's my goal. My friend Angela asked me if I wanted to join her and another friend. I talked to Jeff and prayed about it and I feel as though I need to do this. I feel like by doing this it will give me an excuse to HAVE to work out! I don't take failure well. So I WILL succeed! And with this goal, I will only be working harder at achieving my overall weight-loss goal! So, it's kinda like a 2-for-1 deal :-)

I have downloaded the "Couch to 5k" app on my Droid. This will guide me through each day's workout. I will start with a day 1: 5 minute brisk warm-up walk, followed by intervals of 60-seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking, for a total of 20 minutes.

Each day will get harder, more intense. Eventually, I will go from a couch potato to a 5k runner. And I can't wait!