I run now!

I ran the Disneyland 5k today! Well, I walked/ran it, with my goal to be under 45 minutes, and ended at 43. My coworker Jen and I had been talking about it for months, so I'm glad that we finally did it! She ended in 38 minutes, and Will ended in 34.


Will and me before

Jen and me after

Of course now I'm all sore and wishing I'd signed up for a massage or something tomorrow, but I should be fine by Monday, when I'm going back to Disneyland (this time the park itself) for my birthday.

Because I turn 28. And feel oooooold.

The Summer of Fitness!

So one of the benefits of living on campus is that you have a gym right near you. However, I've been living on a college campus for the past 9 years, and I've never really taken advantage of it.

I went to the Trinity gym maybe 2-3 times while I was a student, and twice when I worked there. I went to the Texas State gym once for a class (classes were free the first week of the semester) and then 3 more times for a personal training thing that I got as a present from my parents. And then I've been to the LMU gym twice for a spin class (only attended one class, though - the other was full) and then maybe another 2-3 times, usually kicking and screaming as Will dragged me.

But! The plan is to start going regularly this summer. To ensure that I do this, I've paid $75 for 10 small-group fitness classes that I can take throughout the summer. And as some more motivation they did a body composition analysis whose results I won't share, but I will note that they were unfavorable enough that I decided to go ahead and DO something about it.

Also, I'm doing it with a buddy, Jen, who is way more upbeat/optomistic/generally happy-type person than I am, so that will help. And I even used the treadmill for half an hour today! So I think I'm off to a good start.

Now, just hoping that this will last for more than a week...