I love Running!!!!

Nina Here! :) (so ya'll don't have to wait till the end to see who wrote this post. Although, Kylie has a better writing style than I.) So I should be doing homework right now. I just can't seem to get into it, even though it is a topic I am interested in, Paleolithic Nutrition. I just need a break from reading medical journals HA! So the cleanse is over. I lost around 9lbs on the cleanse. Which is pretty good. I am just plugging along to my short term goal of 300lbs. My new goal after that will be 250, and my overall goal is around 200 then we will see from there. I pretty much am in LOVE with running. I know I said that I hated it last Saturday, but that has changed. I went for a hike on Tuesday which was ok. I ended up tripping and messing both my knees up. Which is nothing new for my left knee, but on my right one I got a hematoma, and it ended up popping so my knee is all nice and purple now. They both ache and my left needs to be drained. We will see if I can get rid of the fluid without having to go in. My first thought when I fell was a swear word. After that I thought oh crap this better not mess up my running. I was surprised that was the first thing I thought of. I took a rest day on Wed. Like always after a rest day its super hard for me to be motivated to go workout. So I whined some this morning and with Kylies ever helpful motivation I just left the house to go for a run. I wasn't sure where I wanted to go. Whether it was just the old UP trail by my house or driving all the way to 31st I didnt know. Then I thought of the Kayscreek Parkway and WAALAAA I decided to go there. One problem I had never been there before and didnt know exactly how to get there. I mean I knew the general direction. Good thing for google tho, he sent me on the right path.

This is about 1.5 miles into my run. I am super tired, I was trudging up a hill. I decided to jog back to the car and be done. Then this happened.

Now I try and not swear (vice of mine,) but I was sooo pumped. I am trying to not be so self conscious about myself really. Kylie helps me with that shes super awesome! So if ya'll laugh at my video I am ok with that :) Also, I know it doesn't look like I am going that fast, but I am jogging up a hill and my heart rate was way up there.

I ended up running 3.42 miles in a about an hour. Not bad, I seem to run faster when Kylie is with me. She will be a good pace maker for our 10k. For having bum knees though I think my run went well. After I was past the "wall" I was fine. I probably could have ran even farther, but once I told myself I was going to start walking at the trees by my car it was soooo hard to not shut down. It was weird how my brain was like ok and started getting tired once I "announced" when I was going to stop. Lame right???

If anyone (the few who read this) have questions be sure to ask me. I answer almost anything, and if I don't want to I will just say so. Just so grateful for an amazing sista (Kylie, the all amazing) in my life. WOOOT!