http://community.active.com/people/dannahlea2001/blog The details of my journey from a sickly couch potato to athlete in one year. Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:58:15 GMT Jive SBS 3.0.8 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2007-09-25T19:58:15Z http://community.active.com/people/dannahlea2001/blog/2007/09/25/horray <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:697684e8-ca3a-466a-b8bb-2296819e57fe] --><div class='jive-rendered-content'><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>Maybe I'm not in as bad of shape as I thought?&nbsp; I got on the treadmill yesterday, expecting to alternately run/walk one tenth of a mile until I had completed a mile.&nbsp; I thought it would take about three weeks to work my way up to running a mile.&nbsp; But...&nbsp; I got to two tenths of a mile and thought I could keep going.&nbsp; So I did.&nbsp; All the way to one mile!&nbsp; Just call me the Energizer Bunny - thank you!&nbsp; </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p> Of course it took me 15 minutes to run that mile, which isn't fabulous, but heck I ran a mile!&nbsp; I haven't done that since my school days and I am sooooooooooooooooooooo proud of myself.&nbsp; Part of my motivation to keep running was that I told myself I could quit as soon as I hit a mile and if I did it faster than my normal 20 minutes of cardio, then I didn't have to do the full 20 minutes.&nbsp; I'm not big on exercise - but hopefully that will be changing as I acomplish more and more goals. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p> On my way to gym, I had decided that I could have a new pair of running shoes when I ran a mile.&nbsp; Since it was so easily accomplished, I'm going to make it my prize for running two miles, which really will take me a while to acheive.&nbsp; </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp; &nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:697684e8-ca3a-466a-b8bb-2296819e57fe] --> running mile goals treadmill time prize Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:58:00 GMT dannahlea2001 http://community.active.com/people/dannahlea2001/blog/2007/09/25/horray 2007-09-25T19:58:00Z 2 years, 2 months ago 2 0 http://community.active.com/people/dannahlea2001/blog/comment/horray http://community.active.com/people/dannahlea2001/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=2867