I am a 46 year old who walked into a YMCA three years ago weighing 218 lbs.I started walking on a treadmill for 30 minutes and enjoyed it. I went back over and over again increasing my time on the treadmill and started taking other classes like water aerobics and the weight started coming off.I dared myself to take even more classes like spinning, body sculpting & kickboxing and watched more weight come off. I started eating better and working out four to five days a week.I then started journaling all of my food, exercise and the way I felt day to day. Some days were so easy and some days were so, so hard. I started weight training and more weight came off and muscle started to form. I made good friends at the Y who work out with me and support me. I started running and ran my first 5k my next step is to run a 10k.I now weigh 117 lbs and love the way I feel.
The Delmar Dash is such a nice five miler. I ran this race last year, so my plan was to go out and beat my time of 44:16. I went out pretty strong but, it was another one of those races that I thought..."not feeling it" and no way did I believe that I could beat my time. Around mile three I started feeling pretty good. I think I needed that three mile warm up. ( Did I just say I needed a warm up?) I started to kick it up a notch and by the time I hit five I felt great. I came around the corner to the finish line and saw this younger women in front of me a decided I needed to beat her and I passed her right at the finish...I did beat my time....44:16...Competitive? Me? Yep!
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