I Did It!!

Oh my! I am so overwhelmed with emotion right now. I am so proud of myself. I am in such disbelief that I actually did it.

I RAN 30 MINUTES WITHOUT STOPPING!!
(this will have to work since I can't afford to sky-write it)

I cannot begin to explain what an unattainable goal this seemed like when I put it on my list. I hate exercise. I have a really bad knee. I have the poorest cardio for anyone I have ever met under 70 years old. And I had every excuse in the book to not even try it.

I started thinking it might be reachable last week when I made it 15 minutes. Then three days later I made it 20 minutes. That day though, I was back to being purple and lightheaded and thought I might need to go a little slower towards my goal. That was until this afternoon.

Yesterday, I shared my goal with a friend and told her how hard I was trying. She told me how she struggled at running also. And then today she posted on Facebook how she had just gotten home from the gym and running for 30 minutes. Wait a minute. Isn't this my goal? Anyways, maybe I needed to have a fire lit under my butt to do it, but I DID IT!

The first 15 minutes weren't bad. By 20, my head was actually so hot, I thought it was going to catch on fire. I know all the blood was rushing to it and begging it to stop, but I kept going. I even saw spots the last two minutes, but seriously, who is going to stop at 28 minutes? I know that this entire post seems like I am bragging, but for anyone who knows me, I am very negative towards myself and I am actually proud of myself for a change and it feels good!!

And since I am crossing goals off my list, I also accomplished #26. I not only learned how to use my MP3 player, it helped me achieve #51. Yeah me!