I Can.

Let me brag for a minute. Yesterday, I set out to do a mile in 10 minutes, which even when I was doing C25K, my fastest time was 10:30/mi. So 10 minutes was pretty lofty, but I felt confident. I ran somewhere I had never ran before (mistakeeee) and I ended up running back and forth because apparently I had ran my ass into a valley... "Oh this downhill will be so good".... 

2 minutes in I thought I was going to cramp up. But at 2 minutes I was at like .24miles so I knew I was booking it pretty close to the 10 minute mile. I kept going and had to momentarily (split seconds, for real) stop and catch my breath. I ended up finishing in 10:59! Dry heaving like a mother, but finished and accomplished. 

That's a "ten" minute... right???. No? Okay, well... next time.  

That only pushed me harder though. I wasn't tired! I was sweating and couldn't catch my breath, but my legs were like little power houses, just waiting for the next move. 

I've now realized, even if I didn't exactly meet that goal, that I'm a freaking boss. Like no joke. A BOSS. 

[My new goal] is to run a mile in 9:59 by the end of the year, mainly to say I can run a mile in under 10 haha. But even as I write this, I KNOW this is something that I am capable of. 

And that says SO much. 

When I first started this journey I could not run a mile. Not at any pace. I remember the first time I ran a whole lap around the football track, which is .25 miles. I thought that was the most amazing thing ever, and at that time, it was. I had started something. I had proven that this body could do great things if I let it. 

I'm almost speechless at the things I can do now. I'm talking weighted pushups, maxing 115lbs when late August my max was ~90lbs. Growing a butt. Getting muscles. Hiking a mountain. Not being afraid of a challenge. 

I'm not where I want to be in the overall weight department, but that doesn't mean I'm not loving where I'm at right now. I wanted to be down another 25 pounds this year in total (and could still happen.... maybe) and I just am not really foreseeing that happening. 

The year had gains and losses. GAINS and losses. And plateaus. Some real bum moments. 

BUT the year also had some amazing body transformations and reshaping. 

I can't wait to see how 2014 treats me. Literally excited. 

Next post I'll be talking about my 2 new BIG things I have going on to help me get there. Also, I'm going to get a progress photo up, bc it's about freaking time.