My baby daddy has a job that keeps him away from home the majority of the time. My yoga studio of choice is 30 miles away, and it has been a challenge to get to yoga when he is at work....enter running.
I have always wished I was a runner. Well wish in one hand and poop in the other. Get up and make it happen. Running is something I can do anywhere, and if I need to I can push G in a stroller. 
I've bought this 5k runner app. It trains you to run a 5k in 8 weeks. I just completed Week2Day1 this morning and I think I'm hooked. Don't get me wrong, I hate running while I'm actually running. But when it is over I already want to do it again. The 5k Runner program suggests you not run everyday, and on my off days I am wishing I could run! I have been trying my best to go to yoga on running days off (when Josh is home to Georgia sit).
Running a 5k has been on my bucket list and I am determined to check it off! Josh is due back to work tomorrow and soon I will start training while also pushing G in her stroller. Interested to see how that turns out.
At this point I'm not longer driven by weight loss. I'm around 14 lbs lighter than pre-G weight and have a healthy BMI. My goals now are building endurance and workout habits, toning, and just being a better me! I still weigh myself (not everyday) just to keep track and motivate myself to stay away from regular consumption of junk food.
I plan to update periodically on my progress. 5k here I come!
8/1/14 I'm on week 6 of this 8 week 5k training app. I seriously can't believe how different I feel. I work out everyday.
Everyday.
Who am I?!? Not typical of me at all. The program has you run 3 times a week and on the days I don't run I either go to yoga class or do yoga at home. Sometimes I even "cheat" and run on a rest day. What the....
Y'all. I joined the track team in Jr high and quit on the first day. I am not a runner, never have been. Until now I guess.
The way the app works is you run/walk/run/walk in intervals, decreasing the walk intervals and increasing the run intervals over a period of 8 weeks. My last run I ran for 10 minutes, walked for 5, and ran for another 10. I realize this may not sound like much, but back at the beginning running even 2 minutes was tough for me.
I can't stress enough how crazily changed I feel. I have more energy, my thighs and calves are much more firm, and my butt...it doesn't bounce up and hit my lower back when I run anymore (that can really happen folks) I feel more toned and can say "I'm in shape" which is amazing.
It's not about how I look, it's how I feel.
A couple more weeks and I will be finished and able to run a 5k without stopping to walk. I am nervous and hopeful. I'm still in shock I've come this far. Did I mention I quit the track team on the first day???
I haven't registered for any 5k races yet, I still feel like it's too good to be true. I'm just so excited about putting a big ole check next to this bucket list item. I never thought it would actually happen!
8/3/14 
Tonight's run, Week 6 Day 3. This is the last run of the trainer program where I get a walk interval. I ran 15 min, walked 3, and then ran another 5. Next time I just run 20 min straight. Bring it on! I've been including my warm up and cool down walk in my time, and next run I won't anymore. It's about to get real, I'm running for long intervals really striving toward 5k. Excited to see what happens!
I don't even recognize myself from a month ago!8/7/14 I have ran twice now without a walk interval and I am SO shocked. 
I have almost accomplished a 10 minute mile. I've signed up for 2 races. A color run 5k and the Cardinals Care 6k...that's right 6k. Which is pushing my original goal and I can't wait, it should be a really fun race. It ends inside of Busch Stadium and Jackie Joyner Kersee will be handing out medals at the finish line. The Cardinals Care organization is the charity we donated money collected at Georgia's first birthday party to. One hard thing about getting into running is leaving Georgia with a sitter. Pushing her in a stroller wasn't ideal for me as a new runner or for her in the heat. Not to mention she usually got bored before I was finished. I don't feel comfortable running with her on the streets and felt safer on the track. The same scenery wasn't entertaining her at all. So to all stroller pushing running moms HIGH FIVE, you are awesome.
Even though I only leave G for 30-45 minutes every other day when I run I feel so guilty! I hoping this gets better. She has fun with her sitters and I keep telling myself I'm not gone that long. A little voice in my head keeps telling me that I'm a stay at home mom and that means I should stay at home with my baby. Sometimes I run on the treadmill after she goes to bed, but I want to simulate actually running a race as much as possible and races aren't indoors on a treadmill. I really hoping the guilt subsides eventually! To quote P!nk:
8/11/14 I completed Week 8 Day 1 this morning with my trainer app. I'm feeling great! I can't even begin to describe my excitement that in just a few days, I will have run 5k...3.1 miles! 
Today's run was supposed to be 28 minutes but I was feelin' spunky and turned up the speed and went an extra 30 seconds.
I was shaving my legs in my post-run shower and HELLO I have a calf muscle! Well everyone has calf muscles, but I have more defined, larger, noticeable ones. Too bad my legs are always painfully pale and I'm naturally as hairy as Robin Williams. My leg shave smoothness lasts about a whole 3 hours before I have stubble again and look like I haven't shaved in a significant amount of time. So it's not like I wear shorts often for anyone to see my calves.
Okay I've gotten side tracked here...back to the point. Calf muscle, woo hoo!
8/14/14 
Finished my 5k Runner app today! I can't believe the changes I have felt in just 8 short weeks. If I can do it anybody can. I have always used the worn out phrase "I'm not a runner" but I am now. By choice. I'm so thankful for all the support in my life from family and friends, and everybody who watched Georgia for me so I could go run.
I am in such a positive place, just by working on my own health and fitness. I'm not in competition with anyone but the old me...and I'm kicking her butt! 
The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.
Peace.Love.5freakingk
