On Christmas Eve of 2020, I went for a run along a 5 mile trail with my friend. Now, mind you, I’ve never ran 5 miles before. But there were to be no Christmas parties for the both of us due to Covid and with such limited indoor activities, we decided to go on this trail to run. I can’t remember much about what happened during this run. I do know for a fact that I couldn’t even run the…
November was a very draining month. I just didn’t have the energy to do anything else once this month ended hence the late post. Work has been crazy busy with end-of-year deadlines approaching so mentally I’ve been drained every time I get off work. I also went out of town almost every weekend in November which definitely further drained my energy (not to mention my gas budget) driving 5-6 hours each week back and forth. Plus, I felt like I…
In February of this year, I made 5 running goals when deciding to re-attempt the Couch to 5K program I had failed twice at. I’m proud to announce that I can check off two more goals: completing a 5k nonstop and 5 miles nonstop run! Here’s a snippet of the 5 running goals I made for this year: My running goals in order of completion: 1. Finish a 5K non-stop run 2. Run 5 miles in under 1 hour 3….
Welcome to my March 2021 updates! If you are new here, every month I post the progress I’ve made on paying off my student loans and on my savings. I’ve done this since I first started paying down my loans in July 2017 and it has been so worth it. Student debt paid this month: $880.77 Student debt remaining: $43,945.22 I house every month’s debt progress from the very beginning here if you want to check out the progress so…
I don’t like to toot my own horn, but I really do think I have great intuition. Call it a hunch, woman’s intuition, whatever you may, I think I have it. Honestly though, I’m just trying to look on the bright side of things to make myself feel better because I had a pretty devastating day today. This whole week, I couldn’t get the nagging feeling that everything in my life was going great, too great, and that something was…
Welcome to my February 2021 updates! If you are new here, every month I post the progress I’ve made on paying off my student loans and on my savings. I’ve done this since I first started paying down my loans in July 2017 and it has been so worth it. Student debt paid this month: $880.77 Student debt remaining: $44,751.86 I house every month’s debt progress from the very beginning here if you want to check out the progress so…
About 2 weeks ago, I wrote about my goal of restarting and finishing the Couch to 5K program. Along with that goal, I posted 4 other goals in relation to running that I made for 2021. Well, it’s surprising how making your goals public can really boost accountability. And how some things come when you least expect it. I surprised myself in my “long run” today by finishing my 5 mile run in 1 hour and therefore finishing goal #2!…
The last time I wrote about the Couch to 5K program was back in 2019. I had shockingly just passed the dreaded Week 5 Day 3 where the program goes from alternative walking/running to a complete 20 minute run. Now, I’m sad to announce I’m restarting C25K all over again. I am almost ashamed to say that post was made in August of 2019. As of today, I have yet to actually complete a 5K. I say almost because I…
The first month of 2021 has been a month full of confusion for me. I have a bad habit of keeping things bottled up until everything has cleared up which is why I have been lagging on writing any new posts. Sadly, everything is still muddy in my mind, but I’m hoping that by writing through this, it’ll provide some clarity. Thanks Ms Afro Penny for the much needed nudge to put my thoughts into words (or at least try)…
Anyone who has ever tried or is currently doing the C25K (Couch to 5K) program will understand the title of this post and why Week 5 Day 3 deserves its own dedicated post. The C25K program (link is the free app I use on my iPhone) is well known for getting people to run their first 5K from scratch in 8 weeks and I thought in the midst of my summertime sadness, I’d give fitness a try to increase my…