Week 4 Day 3

Monday. Brisk five-minute warm-up walk, then: Jog for 3 minutes; walk 90 seconds; jog 5 minutes; walk 2.5 minutes; jog 3 minutes; walk 90 seconds; jog 5 minutes.
I'm half-way there!! I can't believe it. If you had told me four weeks ago that I would be half-way to running a 5K I would have called you crazy and probably laughed in your face. It's amazing what you can do if you really commit to something and stick to it! It's also great that the Olympics are on right now because it's giving me great motivation!
This is so much more challenging than I thought. Challenging in a good way, though. Even if I never run a 5K, I got my butt off the couch and I am running!  I never thought I would be capable of pushing my body to these limits. Towards the end of each run when my legs and feet are tired, and I just want to quit and go home to lay on the couch, I tell myself "don't stop," and I keep going. 
Today's run was...interesting. I decided to go do a loop around the track at the park and come back. When I got to the park, there were these three teenage boys riding their bikes. I was running pretty slow because my legs were hurting a bit. One of the boys decided to cruise past me on his bike and go, "HELLO!" I just looked at him and said, "Seriously dude?" and kept running. I could see them watching me the whole way around the loop. On my way back around the loop, I saw a deer with a broken leg. I felt so bad, and at one point, she looked up at me. I wanted to go help her, but I knew she would run away. Just then, the ice cream man drove by me! He waved, and I smiled, but inside I was scoffing at him. I don't need your ice cream! I thought. 
When I got to the traffic light, the boys were waiting there on their bikes and the one decided to ride by me again and say, "HELLO!" I just shook my head and ran on.
During the last 5-minute run, I got to a point where I wasn't really paying attention to how long I had been running. Then finally the voice came on and said "One minute left!" and I thought that I could keep going for a few more minutes. I guess that's a good sign because next week starts the heavy running. Here's to the second half of C25K! I know I can do it!!