When I began this journey back in 2010 I started reading healthy living blogs. When I began most of the blogs I read were focused on healthy eating. As I got active I started looking for blogs that talked about being active. One of my favorite blogs,
Losing Weight in the City, covered both. Theodora, the blog creator, lost 50+ pounds and is a repeat marathoner. I find her tremendously inspiring and love following her journey. As I read her blog posts she talked about training for races and referenced her half marathon (or marathon) race pace. I always got a little jealous of that and wondered what my half marathon race pace would be.
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A new favorite photo
Dan and I before the Tyranena Beer Run
Dan PR'd the 1/6th Barrel Race
I PR'd the half marathon |
The other day I was talking to Dan about an upcoming 5K that we're both going to run. He told me that he wanted to run a certain pace and that he needed to train so he could maintain it. At one point I asked him if he wanted me to pace him and he immediately dismissed the idea saying that he thought I would want to run faster. After a little more discussion his opinion changed and he thought maybe that would be a good idea. He said that he wanted to run a 10:00/mi and wondered if I could do that? I said, sure, that's my half marathon race pace.
And then I screamed, "OH MY GOD I HAVE A HALF MARATHON RACE PACE!"
I don't always seem to maintain it throughout the half marathon but I'm certainly getting better at it. And to be honest, this journey is all about progress and not about perfection, right?
I am making progress in the weight loss arena as well. I was pretty happy to step on the scale and have lost 4.2 pounds this week. I'm still above my goal weight but I'm working on it.
Have you realized that you now "have" something that you never thought you'd have?
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