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Week 6 Recap: This week was another hard week of getting my training in one because of my work schedule and two cause I didn't want to overdue it or be too sore before I had to run my first race. Excuses aside I will be needing to make up for it for sure in week 7! On a positive note I have been eating very well, trying out some new recipes, and finished my first race!

Monday, January 3th: 2.6 miles run/walk, work night shift.

Tuesday, January 4th: Despite waking up planning to workout, after picking up a few things from the grocery store for my meals I planned out for the coming week I was no longer looking forward to running. Despite this I was able to convince myself to complete 20 minutes of the P90X Cardio Video, just enough to get my heart rate up and get me sweating! I'm happy I did it and ok with the fact that I'm taking this week a little easier cause I want to be able to run most if not all of the 5 K race I'm doing on Sunday!

Wednesday, January 5th: Today is 5 months until I will run a 1/2 marathon, this is both exciting and scary to me! I keep telling myself one day at a time which is why having this daily/weekly log is really helpful for me.

Thursday, January 6th: Another rest day...gosh working this night shift and trying to exercise is hard stuff!

Friday, January 7th: 35 minutes of P90X Yoga X

Saturday, January 8th: Rest for the run tomorrow!

Sunday, January 9th: Today I ran my first race the San Diego Resolution 5K (3.2 miles) Run! I had a loose goal to run the whole thing and not do my normal walk/run thing. When I crossed the finish line without having walked I felt very excited and proud of myself for accomplishing my goal! I ran at a steady pace of just under 13 minutes per mile (each totaled within a few seconds of one another); my end chip time was 40:44 (I was happy to finish in less than 45 minutes)! Since my training began this is the longest distance I have run without walking. My purpose in this run was to see what it was like to participate in an organized run with lots of people around so my first experience was not on the day of the half-marathon. I found it really empowering to see people of every age and size running and made me feel if that 5 year old can run then so can I! I am even more excited for the half-marathon now than before!

Excitements for Week Six:
- Total Miles: 5.9 miles
- First 5K race completed!

Goals for next week:
- Exercise 5 days (2-3 of them running)
- Continue with my healthy eating and try out some new recipes