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First HM!! Finished in 02:29:41!
Army Run 2011 - Personal Best 5K, 30:36!
My First 5K! Time: 34:09
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Time to celebrate accomplishments!
~Page update Nov 2011~
I've recently decided to "fire" the last 5lbs or so that have been dragging me down ... meaning that I will no longer allow them to haunt me, taunt me, or otherwise have more weight (pun intended!) than they deserve. I choose instead to be motivated by what I have accomplished in the past few years:
*quit smoking (March 9, 2010)
*started eating healthy
*learned how to work out...and learned that I like it!
*started running (and ...
~Page update Nov 2011~
I've recently decided to "fire" the last 5lbs or so that have been dragging me down ... meaning that I will no longer allow them to haunt me, taunt me, or otherwise have more weight (pun intended!) than they deserve. I choose instead to be motivated by what I have accomplished in the past few years:
*quit smoking (March 9, 2010)
*started eating healthy
*learned how to work out...and learned that I like it!
*started running (and fell in love with it)
*lost 25lbs
Yes I still have struggles. I recognize that I have a history of bad relationships with food - from starving myself to abandoning all restraint; from obsessively strict eating/weighing/measuring to secret binges. I am still on the journey to finding the happy place with food, but I have a greater awareness of my personal demons than I did before.
I started on SP as a way of tracking my calories. I stay on SP because I have learned incredible things here - beyond the basics of nutrition and movement - but mostly I stay because I've also encountered some pretty great people that make me laugh, cry and everything in between!
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Member Since: 8/12/2010
SparkPoints: 26,864
Fitness Minutes: 26,850
My Goals:
Live a healthy, active life.
My Program:
Running 3-4 days/week.
ST and cross-training on alternate days.
High protein, lower carb diet (nothing against carbs, it just works for me).
Other Information:
Race Stats:
~2011~
Ottawa Race Weekend 5K: 00:34:08.7
Canada Army Run 5K: 00:30:36.4
~2012~
Winterman 5K: 00:33:43.3
Ottawa Race Weekend 10K: 01:05:33.7
Canada Army Run 1/2 Marathon: 02:29:41.0
~2013~
Ottawa Race Weekend 1/2 Marathon: TBD
Canada Army Run 1/2 Marathon: TBD
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