Tara Grant Memorial 5k and Birthday Dress

I bought a dress to wear to the dinner at Meadowbrook! Let's just say it was a SIZE 5!!! It was the last one left on the rack, so I snatched it and tried it on. Granted, I am NOT a size 5 and I know that this dress was probably cut wrong, but it feels great to buy it. I also bought a pair of size 9 dress pants. Single digits again feels amazing.

Yesterday, I ran my fourth 5k ever.

Here are my times:
Date Time Type Event
5/24/08 Christa  38:56.1 Road Race Rochester Heritage Festival
5/23/09 Christa  35:53.0 Road Race Rochester Heritage Festival
9/24/09 Christa  45:49.9 Trail Race Tara Grant Memorial 5k
9/25/10 Christa l 20:20.0 Trail Race Tara Grant Memorial 5k(ESTIMATED TIME)

Notice that my time is only 20 minutes? Well, the course was mapped wrong, which caused everyone to only run 2 miles. There was a turn where you go to the right for the 10k and to the left for the 5k, and I think the signs were placed too early. They should have been at a further turn down the run. The announcing man said that the signs would be at the 2 and a quarter mile, and I knew that there was no way I was at the 2 and a quarter mile mark at ten minutes.

I'm looking at it optimistically, though. If I would have kept my 10 minute mile pace, I would have crossed the line at around 30 minutes, beating my best road and trail times, making it my best time ever!!

I've also been sick (let's not talk about that fainting situation in front of 26 first graders on my first day of my field..). Turns out that I have an upper respitory infection, and running really made me cough hard for like a half hour after I finished. I wasn't going to sit out after training for so long.

I'm at a standstill with my weight loss. I've been maintaining the same weight (+/- 1 pound) since August 7th. I made myself a goal chart for everyday because I want to see a decent loss this week! Here's what is on my chart:

1. Track Everything 
2. Use only AP’s for weeklies 
3. Drink 8 glasses of water 
4. Exercise at least 30 minutes 
5. 2 Healthy Oils 
6. 2 Milk servings 
7. Plan menu for tomorrow 

There's also a spot on top that says "working for_________________," where I can put a reward for myself if I follow all of these things at least 5 out of 7 days.