Last night I ran 3 miles on our treadmill. I just cruised through it and finished in 28 minutes. I recently completed a 5K outdoors in 26 minutes, so I obviously wasn't pushing myself for this little run at home. But it felt great just to jump on and knock it out.
I believe I am an extremely hard worker but working out has never been a hobby of mine. I prefer physical activity like playing sports much more than going to the gym. So it is a mental challenge to get my exercise/workouts done. I am always better off if I just force myself to start. Then I feel so good when I finish.
So what is positive about all this? I set a goal at the beginning of the year to weigh 175. I was around 185 and wanted to get that down. I'm currently averaging 177 so I'm happy about that. I believe with a little more focus (exercise is pretty consistent, need to improve my diet a little bit) I can hit 175. I'm even thinking 170 might be a better goal at this point.
Also, this past weekend I went running outside and completed 5.4 miles. I don't think I have run that far (just running) since high school. And even then I'm not sure I did that. We used to run a 3 mile loop for warm up before soccer. I only walked about 1/10 of a mile during that run and that was because it was a ridiculous hill at the end of the run. It felt really good to complete this run and I am going to try and do it again. I know that jumping on the treadmill for a 1 mile run doesn't really do too much for me by itself, and I used to do that for my sole exercise for the day. Glad I am past that.
Anyways, I'm doing all this for a couple reasons. 1.) to be healthy. 2.) to get in shape and play soccer again.
Can't wait to be back on a soccer field!
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