You Are Doing What?!?!

Well, here it is! My official announcement...I am training to run the 10 km Police Run in September! If you know me, you know that I have poo-pooed running forever. My friends have ran and trained and ran some more. Doing 5 km and 10 km runs all over the place and me, well, no thank you! But the day before the Run for Water, which I volunteered at, Jon and I were talking and I said I kinda wished I was running the Run for Water and not just volunteering...well, he 'ran' (excuse the pun) with that idea and suggested that him and I do the training for a long run. So, the day after Run for Water, Monday June 2, we started. We have ran 3 times a week, following the Sun Run Training. Running a certain amount and then walking and doing that a certain amount of times, for example Run 1 minute, Walk 2 minutes, 8 times, was the first one. And I thought I would die and wouldn't even be able to run 1 minute. Well, just this past Monday, we Ran 10 minutes and Walked 1 minute, 4 times!! I can hardly believe that my body is allowing me to do such stuff. It's pretty cool. I have been asked a few times if I think I have lost any weight...(do I need to?!?) Of course, I do think I need to! And I'm not sure I have. I know that my calves are amazing looking, if I do say so myself! :) At least compared to how they looked before. Anyway, I'm pretty excited about it and although 10 kms still feels like a world away, I know I can do it!! Oh and did I mention that Jon is Mr. Encourager...'Just a little left, keep going, you can do it' Sometimes, I want to tell him to Keep Quiet but most of the time, I really need the encouragement and wouldn't be where I am without it! So, thanks Jon! And thanks to Fiona and Karen and Carmen for being huge inspirations to me! Although I rejected your running requests, I wouldn't have even thought about doing this if you all hadn't.