I DID IT!

Well, folks, I just ran for 10 minutes straight!  It definitely wasn't a mile, like it's theoretically supposed to be, but I'm super proud of myself.  During my second mile, I went back and repeated a day from week 3, which was 4 intervals of 2:15 with 0:45 in between, so total, I ran 19 minutes!  Again, it's still slow, but it's not walking, and I ran more than I walked, which is exciting.  And I'm also really excited that I made it the whole 10 minutes on my first try!  I remember in the spring when I got to this point I had to repeat this last day several times before I made it the whole 10 minutes.  My speed/endurance tonight may have had something to do with the fact that I went at night and it wasn't quite as well-lit as I remembered so it was kinda creepy in places... but it still counts... motivation is motivation, right? :)  My plan now is to revel in this for a few weeks and try to work on my speed, and then start the 8 week to 5k plan and hopefully be at 5k by the end of the year... We'll see how it goes!