17 Minutes

On Tuesday I decided to go for a jog. Kai's preschool is about 2.5 km away and it was nice and sunny out. My intention was to walk and jog but I left just 20 minutes before it was pick up time so I was going to have to do a whole lot more jogging than walking. I popped a beta blocker and was on my way. I decided not to check my heart rate and just go. Fortunately it is downhill the whole way and due to the fact that I didn't really have a choice, I ran the whole way. I felt pretty good! I mean, once I stopped I got that wave of oh-my-goodness-will-I-pass-out? feeling which I think is just my heart rate being up a bit too high. It was exhausting walking them back (in the stroller) up hill the whole way but it felt good to sweat a little.

In conclusion....the longest I had run in the last 6 months, without stopping WAS 5 minutes. On Tuesday? 17 minutes!!!

Please note: I used to be able to run for 2 hours without stopping so I have a ways to go:) Oh well, I will celebrate the little steps along the way.