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Jason and I went to the Swingin' the Decade! swing dance, celebrating 10 years of swing in Orlando, tongiht at Whril & Twirl. I wore my bowling shirt from Atlantic Dance, where I learned to swing dance and practically lived at during my early years of swing dancing. I remember dancing all night long from open to close 4-5 times a week. I made a lot of friends back then and it was nice to see some of them tonight and pictures and videos from the good old days.

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This is my new running watch. It is a bigger than I thought, but not really too heavy. I love having all this data on my wrist while I run. I posted more details and review, complete with graphs, at my fitness blog.

Today was my first 25-minute run and I made it. How? I have no clue :) I covered 1.63 miles. I can probably get closer to 2 miles, but I was nursing an achy knee and did not want to risk injury. Read the full report from today's run.

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Starting Weight: 152 (1/29/08)
Previous Weight: 135.2
Current Weight: 134.6
Weight Loss: -.6
Total Lost: -17.4 lbs in 98 days
BMI: 24.6

Current Goal: 130 lbs
(mini goal: 20+ total loss)
Lbs to go: 4.6 lbs
(2.6 to mini goal)

Accomplishments this week:
- Workout Log
- Food Log
- I weigh less than 135 lbs (I am no longer overweight)
- I fit into size 4/6 pants (down from 10/12)
- I ran (over) a mile without walking
- I ran 20 minutes without walking (~ about 1.5 miles)
- I finished a 5K in less than 42 minutes (ran ~ 1/2 - 3/4 of the race)
- I continue to inspire people to start C25K or their own exercise program

Read full fitness update.

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I love the boken in this picture.

For FGR and The Stare Down: I am beating you senseless inside my head

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This is the other pair of glasses I got. These are my favorites because the frames are so lightweight. I exchanged the 3rd pair for another frames of this style and will take a pic with those when they come in.

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Before my run tonight.

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This was a busy weekend: On Saturday: Disney 5K, Morning at Epcot, Midnight showing of "Fear and Loathing Las Vegas" at the Enzian; on Sunday: Brunch at Sweet Tomatoes and BBQ in Melbourne.

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Today was my 2nd 5k and W5D3. I treated this as another workout day and began the race walking very briskly for 5 minutes. The truth is, I was itching to run but wanted to pace myself so I could run to the finish line.

The 20 minute run went great. I started slowly and sped up towards the end, but not too much because I knew I still would have over a mile to go after I finished the 20 minutes. I was going to keep running until the 2 mile marker, but I did not know quite where it was (it was about .1 miles from where I started walking). I am kinda kicking myself for this because if I had just slowed down to a slower jog instead of walking, I am sure I could have run the entire thing. After catching my breath for a song or two, I ran for another song then walked a bit more, then ran about half a mile to the finish line. Once I could see the clock, I gave it my all and started sprinting. As I was nearing the finish line, the clock was quickly turning to 43 and I pushed even harder to try to beat it (I missed it by 2 seconds) then I stopped and I got this rush of feeling over me as I struggled to catch my breath. I felt like I was going to cry--you know that feeling you get when you are crying so much you can barely breath? It was that kind of feeling minus the tears.

I estimate I ran at least 1.5 miles straight (during the 20 minute run) and a total of at least 2 miles, maybe more. Not too bad considering 6 weeks I could barely run more than a minute. I can't wait until I get my forerunner watch so I can know exactly how far I run. I improved my time greatly and finished under 42 minutes, for a pace of 13.4 min/mile. I will definitely aim to run the entire time at the next 5k in 3 weeks and finish under 40 minutes.

Running at Disney was very cool because I knew the area and could easily see my progress. They even had music blasting so I could have done without my ipod, and we got a cool goodie bag and finisher's medal. I definitely want to do the Race for the Taste 10k in October.

Stats:
Distance - 5K
Chip Time - 41:46 (Clock - 43:02)
Pace - 13.4 min/mile
Overall Place - 1119 / 1796
Gender Place - 998 / 1632
Division Place - 994 / 1627

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Tomorrow is my next 5K and I can't wait for this day to end already so I can run. I know this is not my first 5k, but it will be the first time I attempt such a long consecutive run: 20 minutes. I am confident I can do it, but that doesn't void me of nerves. I just had a lovely pasta dinner (oops forgot to take a pic) and now I'm just going to watch tv and go to bed early. Gotta get up at 5:30 to get ready and head over to Disney for the race. Wish me luck!

Super Easy Tomato Pesto Pasta
- Cook pasta according to package
- Add canned diced tomatoes and pesto sauce to cooked pasta
- (optional) cut some squash or zucchini, microwave for 1 minute and add to cooked pasta (you can try the same with other veggies)
- (optional) cut up and warm up leftoever chicken breast and add to cooked pasta (you can try the same with other meats or shrimp)