Obstacles

The past week I have gotten through some obstacles both physical and mental.

Let's start with the fun one!  Foam Fest 2013!!!!  My friend, Erin and I signed up for the 5K which took place this past Saturday down in Richmond, VA.  Holy crap was that fun! 

This is me after.  I know I should be dirtier...  but we had to go through a slip 'n' slide at the end, and I think it removed most of the mud.  Just know I was drenched...  I'll post action shots if I have any of me from the official race photos.

And this is what happens when you scale an 8 foot wall and once you get over, you just let go.  Yep, that's my arm.  I promise the wall is fine.

I am pretty proud at my food consumption.  I had two days where I ate like crap (Tuesday my team at work went to Coastal Flats and I am never going to turn down some beef tips).  The rest of the week I ate well.

I went to spin class Weds morning and did 3 days of Couch to 5K.  I am slowly realizing that I'm not a runner.  I'm pretty sure that people laugh at me as I run by, but at least I'm out there trying.  I have two main problems while running - 1. I can't breathe.  Part of this apparently come from my weird nose (ask me to do my nose trick the next time you see me), which will hopefully get fixed sometime this year.  2. I have the wrong shoes.  I know I wore the wrong shoes to Foam Fest and I'm paying for it now with a blister the size of Texas on my foot.  But my main pair of shoes that I currently exercise in are not good either.  I know this by the aching I get in the sides of my calves when I run or even walk.  My goal for this coming weekend is to go get my feet/run/stride/whatever tested at one of those fancy running stores.

This coming week brings some additional challenges in the form of my busy life.  I will need to make exercising a priority where I can fit it in.  I'll probably redo week 1 of C25K because I know I can kick more ass than what I did last week.  I'm also going to do another 5K this coming Friday, but I'm going to be walking this one.

I forgot to weigh in this morning - ate breakfast THEN remembered.  Look for a post tomorrow on current loss status.