Broken, But Still A Badass (Win)

I feel broken, but I am still badass!

"How can you be badass and broken at the same time?" one might ask (someone like my mom). It is residual badass-ness left over from last weekend.  I am still feeling awesome for completing the ropes course, but my body still hurts in weird places and my bruises are still tender. But today I pushed through it.

I set out to run Week 8, Day 3 of C25K at the gym. And about five minutes in I really wanted to take a walk break. But I didn't, and five minutes later I really, really wanted a walk break. So, I made a deal with myself: If I completed my 30 minutes of running without stopping I could go home and not do weights.  I had done enough and I was suffering through upper arm/shoulder pain and tension, hip pains and tender ankles; so why not treat myself to going home early. I did my run--the whole thirty minutes!

Then I did weights.

Yes, leg machines.  I had to do less weights on the machines so that I could actually do the exercises (for example, 70 pounds on the hip adductor instead of 115 pounds) and still did two sets of ten reps. I did one set of more painful than usual squats, and skipped the abs all together. It all worked out in the end. I had a good run and a good workout.

Today I am also feeing badass for meeting my first weight goal since I started running. Seventeen, yes 17, pounds GONE!  I like to say "gone" instead of "lost" because it wasn't like I woke up this morning and I couldn't find them. I worked really hard to shed those 17 pounds--so they are gone, not lost!  As my reward I finally ordered my Road ID bracelet similar to this one, but with all the correct personal information!  I can't wait to get it and wear it proudly--just like the id bracelet with my parents' phone number when I was a kid, in case I got lost or hurt. Hmmmm... This one is way cooler though!

Now, just trying to figure out when I have completed C25K so I know when to reward myself with new Birkenstocks. Is it when I can go 30 full minutes of running (on the road)? Or when I can go 3.1 miles no matter how long it takes me to run the full distance. Votes accepted in the comments below!