Success! (x2)

Background: the Navy has the strictest PT requirements for entry out of any of the branches (well, except maybe the Marines, I ignore them because grandpa always dogged them, lol). One of my goals was to beat their entry requirements, not because I want to join them but because I wanted to be able to if I ever wanted to. Anyway, they want you to run 2 miles in less than 19:26. I ran it in 18:13 today. :-D

Also I finally got in a whole 5K in one stretch (instead of stop-go) which means I can officially start signing up for 5Ks! YAY! If only I had committed to this in HS I might have actually been really good at something other than hurdles.

Oh, and these are my new shoes! --->

Nike Air Max Moto+ 6 in Womens. I wanted the black and purple ones but they didn't have them in my size. The red is growing on me though, especially since they didn't pop my existing blisters or give me new ones. The only thing is that I forgot to take my weak ankles into account when researching the best shoe for my foot type so I wound up with a highly cushioned shoe with little support (I have high arches and tend to supinate/under-pronate, plus I'm mid-foot striker so padding all the way through, baby!). I turned my ankles so many times today they were sore when I got home. If I can't strengthen them I'll have to buy a new pair of sneaks and use these ones as my hospital shoes.

I've been using a calorie/fitness diary online but the things has got to have a problem: the last three days I've been deficient 1000 calories. But I eat! Including Ben & Jerry's, chili, and this coolwhip pie thing. AND I'm too lazy to alter the default settings when I eat something "low-fat" or with less calories than the diary has recorded. But I am not calorie deficient! I'm only burning an extra 300-500 calories a day so if this thing is right, then I've been deficient 500 calories every day of my life....I should look like an Auswitch survivor by this point if that's true. I suspect something odd is going on....

I went to Vinyasa Yoga class today hoping it would be a little more advanced than the Hatha classes I went to during the week. Well, it was. It was KILLER!! It turns out the purpose of Vinyasa is not just to link the static poses but to make you sweat like a dog to release toxins. I had just showered and put on a cute new tank top because I was expecting little more than slow position changes. Ha. Ha ha. Not what I got.

Also, our yogi decided to make today all about remember how short life is (gee, I wonder why) and played Michael Jackson half the time. Which is great when you're working and dripping with sweat...not so helpful when trying to relax into shavasana at the end. The ridiculous thing is that I'm the youngest person in this class by at least 20-25 years (other than the one cute guy my age who was there today) and yet when the CD started and "Bad" started playing it took them like 15 seconds before they all recognized it and laughed. I knew from the beginning notes. I was highly dissappointed in their musical memory. Especially with 5000 tributes to Michael Jackson all over the place yesterday.

Well, I want to pass out but can't so I have to go find something to keep me awake. Some protein or carbs or something...