New Goal

      Happy Friday! I feel like I say this every Friday, but it's finally the weekend! It's been such a long week, and I'm so glad I finally get to do something just for me! This week I've been trying to work out more by running at the park by my house. On Monday I started out with a light, short run, and I've progressively increased distance and speed over the course of the week! Today I ran with my best friend and we ran a 5k! I was quite proud of myself for running, since it's super hard for me to find the motivation to exercise.
      My friend and I ran pretty slowly, but by the end of our run we felt like we were on top of the world. Here we were, on a Friday evening in 90 degree weather, running over three miles. That may not sound like much to you, but we felt very accomplished by the end of it. In fact, we loved how we felt so much that we decided to set a goal: we're going to run a 5k once every week for the rest of the summer in preparation for a real 5k race at the end of the summer. Hopefully this goal will help motivate us to run and live healthier! I definitely need to cut down on the ice cream. What about you? Do you have any fitness-related goals for the summer?

Carpe Diem,
Brooke