Today was a biggie... I had to psyche myself up for this, and if I'm honest I held onto doubt even with all the will in the world. I've been telling myself this is all about my attitude, that if I don't believe I can do this, then I won't, so I tried to override those feelings of failure and focus on achieving this goal - to run for 20 mins, non-stop, no walking. I got up this morning and said to myself YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS! But I didn't believe it..

Anyway, I just got on the treadmill and did it!! I DID IT!!! I didn't break any speed records, but today was a psychological victory and I ran 20 mins at 4.4km/hr without stopping and without walking. As I began I told myself it's only 8 - 9 songs (most are over 2 mins) on the i-pod, so to begin with I didn't look at the timer, I just ran and made sure I kept running. I glanced down and saw there was 13 mins left and thought WOW, keep going... My legs ached the last 2 mins and the last minute seemed the loooooongest minute.... but I got there.

I kept walking another 30 mins after I'd finished my programme so I could complete the hour.

Woohoo... now to do it a few more times and work on getting faster..

K