4 months ago...

About four months ago, a challenge was set forth by my employer. That every employee run or walk a 5K. I decided then that I was up for the challenge and decided that if I was going to commit to this than I was going to run and not walk. That weekend I decided to start training and went for a short run (1.2 miles) just to see how it would go...well after about a half mile I was in pain, winded, and wanted to throw up...at that point I didn't think that it would be possible for me to finish a 3.1 mile race. A couple people at the office had been getting good results with P90x and a local radio morning show also got great results. This got me to make the order so I anxiously awaited the package to arrive. When it came, i opened it up and started reading all materials and got very excited. I started that Saturday and was immediately sore and energized at the same time for the next day. At about day 85 I ran the Sunburst Races 5k in 30:43! I didn't run the whole thing but I will be running the full 3.1 the next time I do one. I stayed with it for 11 out of the 13 weeks and I din't give it my best all of the time. I still got results but not the ones I wanted and only had myself to blame. And after a week and a half off, my body is pissed and craving more exercise. So, tomorrow my wife and I will be starting round 2 and I will be bringing it the whole time and will be making it the full 90 days. I will be blogging daily about what my experiences are, both good and bad with hopes that it will force me to do it everyday and get the results that I know that the program can deliver.