Run!!!

This morning was a lovely Easter morning around here, and the one thing I asked for was a family walk this morning. Unfortunately, my boys couldn't get their acts together and I ended up going off on my own in a huff. It wasn't a shining moment for any of us. I walked the way I like to go, but decided I was going to be cutting it close on time for us to get to our friends house to celebrate the day, so I turned on the next road and decided to run the length of it. I did this the other night when we had to cut our walk short, but wanted to keep my burned calories high and hubs told me it was .7 miles. I was pretty happy with that! .7 miles without stopping was quite the feat for someone who barely runs. This morning I decided I would do the same thing, but when I got to the the road that signifies I'm almost done I saw the boys playing in a field and decided I would try to run down that road and back. When I got close to the end of that the boys were sitting on a tree stump cheering me on, and I decided to go ahead and finish the initial .7. I didn't feel that out of breath, I didn't think I would throw up, and my legs weren't aching. When I got back to the house I Googled the distance and saw that it was 1.1 miles!!! WITHOUT STOPPING! Holy bunny eggs. You have no idea how excited I was. I haven't ran a mile straight in over a decade. I felt on top of the world!
On a side note in the same vein, I realized a couple of days ago that things were finally starting to move in the right direction. I know that sounds dumb 35lbs down. I got out of the shower and for the first time in YEARS I wrapped the towel all the way around me and there was zero gapage! I even went downstairs to show hubs! If push came to shove I could answer the door in a towel (not that it would ever happen!) and not be showing anything inappropriate. For the most part.