After seeing a cousin post on facebook that she was training for a 5k it got me thinking about the fact I had to quit the last one I was training for. I don't feel bad I quit because the baby's safety was my priority. I really would like to get into shape and be in better health for when we do have kids. I want my kids to be active and if I can't be active what example would I be showing them. So I found a 5k that is November 10th and I have decided to train for it.
Did my 1st day of 5k training today. According to my pedometer app in 11mins 50secs I walked 1274 steps to go 0.717 miles at an average speed of 3.6mph. Since I want to do the 5k in 25mins and it's 3.1 miles I have a lot of hard work ahead of me. I can do all things through God who strengthens me!
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Just finished 25 laps around the house which is half the 5k in 23 minutes. Not to bad for not doing exercise outside for a bit. Next week I will try to do all 50 laps because the deadline for signup for the blue/grey 5k is Feb 5th and the event is Feb 18th
Who knows if anyone actually reads this but if anyone does and wonders why I stopped posting my 5k training it's because I haven't been doing so much lately. On January 10th I was up at the church doing stuff, when I was driving to the house to do my 5k training & I really had to pee, out of no where I had this urge that I should take a pregnancy test when I got there. I had one test there cause I promised that I wouldn't take it unless I really felt God urging me too. The feeling I had in the car was it was God because if it was me I would have done it when I first woke up because that's what everything says is the best time. I got home took the test didn't have to wait very long before it popped up saying Pregnant. I nearly screamed I was so excited. With shaking hands I quickly took a picture with my iPad and messaged it to Curtis who was out of town working. Him being his normal self was like is that new? I was like of course it is. As you can see in the picture above I wrote the date on it and resent the picture to prove it was new. He was happy.
That night I started Charis Bible College Florida at our church Grace City. It's awesome so far. It's hard to believe I'm a college student, when technically I haven't finished high school. I am working on that though. God is so incredible giving me such favor. I trained for the 5k the day I found out and I believe the next. I slacked off a bit until I got the ok from my doctor. When I saw him he said exercise was fine. So today I am back to training. I won't be pushing myself as hard though. If you know me or have looked at older posts I have written, August of last year we had a miscarriage at 19 1/2 weeks of our precious Malachi. So once I got the positive I immediately made a doctors appointment. It was on the 20th. They did an ultrasound it should an empty sac and measured only 5 weeks instead of the 7 I thought I was. I was a little freaked out but Curtis helped calm me down plus it is possible that I just ovulated late. I see the doctor February 3rd for another ultrasound to make sure everything is progressing the way it should. I also had to have a blood test redone, cause when I had my miscarriage it showed I have a protein s deficiency. It's a rare thing and if I did have it I would have to take shots twice a day for the entire pregnancy. But Glory to God I have faith that the test will come back fine and that everything will be perfect at the next ultrasound. I believe in the vision God gave me during my fast last year of us with healthy babies. 1st 10 min- 12 laps done for the day. Glory to God it was a whole 30 secs faster then any other day I have done so far.
2nd 10 mins 12 laps done with the same time as the first. Tomorrow will be challenge day cause I'm trying 15mins Did a 10 min run with 12 laps around the driveway. That makes 1 of the 7 week training done. I just pray God will give me the continued strength to push forward with my training.
My morning 10 mins- 12 laps were a bit rough. My legs are getting very sore. I had to fast walk most of it the jogging was just to much. My time wasn't so bad though for mostly walking. My evening 10 mins- 12 laps was a little better than the morning ones. I still had to do more fast walking. Halfway though my first week of 5k training. Another 10 mins-12 laps done. I don't think it's getting easier. I thought cold weather would be good but I think its trying to freeze my lungs and all instead. I'm not giving up though. God will give me the strength to stay with it and get better.
I am going to be posting what I did each day as a record and motivational thing to keep doing. This morning I did 6 round trip laps of the driveway which is the equivalent of 12 laps around the house in 10 mins. Then this evening I did 12 laps around the house. I think part of the driveway seems a little more challenging because it's on an incline. This cold weather sucks a little bit to run in cause the freezing (literary 29 degrees) breeze just cuts through you. I am not going to let it stop me though. Same with this sinus issue and cough, it would be so easy just to quit now but I am determined that this is the year I start being healthier. I will be leaning on God that much more though cause I won't be able to do this alone.
Started really training for the 5k Feb 18 which gives me about 7 weeks to train.Curtis helped me pick out running shoes yesterday and figured out it will take 50 laps around the house or 25 round trips of the driveway. I went 12 laps in 10mins roughly 3/4 mile around the house today. To get to my goal of doing the 5k in 30 mins I will need to be able to do 17 laps around the house in 10 mins. I know with God's help I can do it!
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