Run fat girl Run (Melissa)

Have you ever seen that movie Run Fat Boy Run?? It's funny and whenever I am running I just think about the movie. I think about how at the end he never gave up and even though he was running at a snail's pace, he kept going. It's a stupid movie, and not at all supposed to be inspirational, but hey I take inspiration wherever I can get it.

So after my hubby got home and we put the twins to bed I was feeling a little antsy. So it has stopped raining, the sun was shining and the humidity had died down. I decided to go for a walk. I was hoping I would run, but planned to just walk and if I ran, great. I walked to my usual spot and then started running. Then I see one of my former students' parents across the street a couple minutes into my run. Yup a short shouting across the street, while completely breathless conversation took place. I then continued chugging along. I figured I'd then run my normal one mile. Well about 3/4 of the way through a car pulls into a driveway ahead of me, and I see a car full of people staring at me. They get out, and yup, its another former student, her mom, and older sister. Another short breathless conversation takes place as I jog by. I think, really? I purposely jog in the opposite direction of where I teach and I still run into students??? So annoying, but now they will know how I became so svelte by the beginning of the new school year ;-)

So I reach my mile and am feeling pretty good so I decide to keep running a little more, and then run a little more, until I see where I started, I run to that point (completing a loop around the pond). I did it, I ran 1.25 miles straight!!! Whoohoo, I was so proud of myself. Then I turned around and walked home. The run took 17 minutes, but my complete walking and running took 40 minutes by the time I reached the end of my driveway. So my goal now for the next two weeks is to continue running 1.25 miles (since its a nice loop around the pond) and just increase my time.

Success is about setting small attainable goals. My goal was to go for a walk and I then ended up running 1.25 miles! The last thing I want at this point in my journey is to set myself up for failure. My small goal for the week, to run 2 more times this week. Fingers crossed I don't see any more student the next two times though!