Day Twenty Seven

"Graduation Day"!!

So I read all the forums for C25K and I'm on their Facebook too. Everytime I read someone saying what their "graduation day" was I tear up. I now get to JOIN THEIR RANKS. I graduated! Oddly enough I feel more proud of this "diploma" than either my BHS or EWU ones. Well I am pretty proud of Summa cum Laude... yep had to throw that in!

As you all know I modified the plan the last several weeks, but I still am able to run 30 minutes straight. In fact today I ran 40 MINUTES and about 3.25 miles. Can YOU BELIEVE THAT?! My ankles can, I can't.

I am rescinding my support of RunKeeper and now claim it's a POS. My run looks like a spiderweb and it says I went 6.09 miles with an average pace of 6:37 mins/mile and burned almost 1,000 calories. My ankles might feel like I went 6 miles, but that's impossible (so is the 6:37 mins/mile pace if you hadn't guessed). I'm going to go and see if their help section on their website can help me. At one point I read something about turning on my WiFi and that could help. We'll see.

After talking last night with Carissa and Jeff, I realized I was not prepared logistically for next week. I didn't sleep very well last night and woke up and started googling (surprise, surprise). I needed to figure out a way to carry all my crap (key, ID, Credit Card, Chapstick, Kleenex). One guy on this forum was like "every pair of running shorts or pants I've bought have a little pocket on the inside for my key and ID". BS. No pair of shorts or pants that I have purchased has this magical pocket. Maybe it's a boy thing. Others say they wear a fanny pack... not an option for a 27 year old. Then I read about a shoe wallet and that seemed somewhat viable. I also needed capris I decided. Althought my BHS colored shorts are perfect for a Shamrock Run, I was convinced that it would be too cold. I woke up and checked the two jackety things I have and my neat green/white/black one has no pockets with the exception of the two unsecured ones on the outside. Bummer. My black one has a little snap pocket and then two deep pockets on the inside. I got up and went to Dick's (Sporting goods for my Washington friends) and tried on every pair of carpis they had. Only ONE of the pairs had anything resembling a magical pocket. I chose some adidas (sorry Nike) wind pant things. I hate my ankles and they were the only pair to diminish their hugeness. I looked for a shoe wallet and no such luck. I bought a belt thingy, but think I'll return it. Guess I won't be wearing any green (except for the swoosh on my headband).

I decided I needed to run exactly how I was going to run next Sunday. Remember I'm the one on a Match date who needs to know which way the door opens so I don't look like an idiot and push instead of pull. Spontaneity is not my strong suit. Oh I also got a armband for my iPhone. So I got all suited up and I don't think I looked too ridiculous. Not Leperchauny at all though. Everything fit in my random pockets. Perfecto.

I can't believe I went 40 minutes. I thought I'd go 35 minutes or 3 miles whichever ended up coming first, however 35 minutes was almost exactly 3 miles, so I decided to keep going to compensate for the 10 seconds I had to wait for a MAX train. Then I didn't want to stop in the middle of Marky Mark's Good Vibrations. When I did start to walk, I was a little dizzy and wasn't sure I was still moving my legs.

That will be my longest until a week from now. I know I'm going to have to contend with a hill and trying to go a little faster and whatever the weather gods throw our way, but I'm hoping adrenaline will compensate.

One week people, one week. But I have thrown my proverbial hat in the air at my Couch to 5K Graduation. "May my dreams soar as high as [my] hat"-Michael Scott from The Office.