15k followed by a 5k!

Andrea here...
Yesterday was a proud day for me, my husband and my 3 kids. We decided that were going to go for a walk. Well our walk turned into more than that. 

I mapped our walk and we did a walk/run 9.56 miles (just over a 15k) in 3 hours and 40 minutes!!! My kids had their scooters and they did fantastic! Little stopping (only twice to use the bathroom and get a drink) and very little complaining. I am so proud of them!! 

I am in training to do a half marathon next summer, I don't think we did too bad considering my husband and I had to carry my 45 lbs son for a little while at the end. I need to get the 13.1 miles in under 4 hours! Imagine what our time would have been if we didn't stop or get slowed down by kids!!     


I also weighed myself and I am 2 lbs down!! Could be water weight, but it still feels good to see it go down.   So today Sarah and I decided to to extend our usual walk. So we did....we went 3.22 miles in 70 minutes. Not too bad for us and I was in a lot of pain from my walk/run last night. 

To start the Journey....

Hi everyone, Andrea here! So I was reading this blog today and it has given me a lot of determination. As of tomorrow morning (because it 8:06pm here) I will start my weight loss journey. I also read on this blog Runs For Cookies... about this race that she did where she could do a half-marathon and walk it!! I have walked 12.5 miles up and down hills, trails and roads so I think I could do that. There is also a training series where I can register for a 5, 10 and 15k in preparation for the half-marathon! Here is the site in case you were interested...500 Festival!! I am so excited for this. It may be 8 hours from where I live but I think it would be great to get a bunch of people together and do something great like this!!