Yesterday I ran my first 5K. I feel kind of proud, since I doubt I've ever run so far before in one continuous span of time, but also kind of daunted, because, frankly, other people (except my mom) won't be impressed at all with my time or achievement. But I'll say that after only 5 weeks of training, to run a 5K in any amount of time can be considered impressive. Also, it shouldn't matter what those other people think about how fast or slow I run, since they aren't me. If they had my body, they'd do about the same, since I'm pretty sure my will/determination/motivation isn't the problem here (if there's a problem at all.) As for my time, I'm not extremely pleased with it and almost don't want to admit it, but I guess for future purposes (so that I can look back and remark upon what a tortoise I was) I'll let you all know that I ran 3.12 miles in 42 minutes. Yes, that's only a 13:30 mile, and I ran a 10-minute mile in high school. But in high school, I was in marching band and winterguard.
I'm tempted to press myself. But all the running-themed things I've read strongly advise against it. I'm so sore today that I know it'd be a mistake. But I want to go. I feel like it'd be better, the more I run. But that is surely stupid.
The other day, when I woke up and turned on the TV (it helps my brain start understanding words and not just the unintelligible grunts that I'd normally make for the first half-hour), I saw an infomercial for Billy's Boot Camp, and I started thinking that that tape (I'd prefer it on tape, since my little TV only has a VCR) might be my first exercise tape. My mom has said that I could use any of the exercise tapes that she has (and I don't know if we already own it, but if we do, I'm bringing it back to school), but I was never really interested, but for whatever reason, these workouts look good. Especially those Billy Bands. :)
In other news, I spent SEVEN hours yesterday doing my inordinate amount of Spanish homework. And then I still had Management articles to read, of which I only finished one, and then watched an episode of CSI (I certainly had to let my brain calm down after all that) before I went to sleep. I read the other article this morning and part of the Econ chapter assigned. In short, it's only Tuesday and I don't want to do any more work. And I bet if I did what I wanted to do (alternately watch taped CSI episodes -- oh Tivo, how I miss you -- and work out), my GPA would drop like a stone.
