day.3.backinaction

After spending the day after my birthday recovering (a 25th birthday party the night before doesn't set you up for success on a morning run) and having fun with my mom, I felt extremely guilty about missing my run on DAY 2! Good. That's what should happen. I'm going to mess up, I know it. My usual trend with goal setting in my personal health is to just give up on the whole thing the minute I mess up. I can't even tell you how many times I've said "I'm going to stop [insert unhealthy habit]" then mess up the next day and give up on it. Not this time.

Mom and I did do quite a few laps around Target yesterday, 

though and left with this new patio table!  

Winning 1st and 3rd really tired us out.

Lia joined me on an evening run and helped me come up with some strategies to meet my goal. We decided if I can knock of 5 seconds from my average mile pace, then in 20 days I'll meet my goal of doing it in 30 minutes. Then I'll need to focus on making sure I'm not taking any walking breaks. Overall, a good run, and 20 seconds faster than Saturday on my average mile!

Day.3.total.5k.time: 35:59, 11:40 average, with a few unplanned walk breaks.