Let me see if you can Run It, Run It!!!!

So if there is one thing that most people know about me, it is that I am adamantly not a runner. It's not that I never enjoyed running, it was just that I wasn't ever good at running. Every time I would try to run, my ankles or my knees would hurt and I would stop. So anyway the year before last, my oldest daughter joined the running club at her school, and she worked up to running a 5K by the end of the 5th grade, well me being pregnant most of that time, I wasn't able to run with her, but I promised her that I would run a 5K with her in the next year. Well it took me almost a year to follow up on that promise and in April of 2011, Taylor and I ran a 5K together. It felt amazing to finish a race like that, the joy you feel in crossing the finish line, and then it hit me, this is why people run. I wasn't able to run the whole way, but I only stopped and walked 2 times for short intervals and I finished with a relatively good time with Taylor by my side. But then I kinda fell off the running bandwagon, it wasn't because I didn't enjoy it, it was because I wanted to get into better shape. So Fast forward to the present, after losing almost 25 pounds and being in the best shape of my life, I decided to get to running again. I had decided that I was going to try the couch to 5K program to get me started since it had been quite a while since I ran. Well last week, I did 2 days of it and did great, but I felt that I was ready for something more. So on Friday, I went to my sister's and parked at her house so I could run in a little bit safer environment than down my wooded dirt road. So I took off running, thinking I will run till I need to stop and then I will walk for a while and go again. Well the strange thing was, I never felt like I needed to stop. I ran for 40min, about 3.8 miles!! What!! you mean I just ran further than a 5K without stopping. WOW!!! So after working all weekend, I got up early, took the girls to school and ran. I ran about 3.7 miles on Monday (a little bit different route), but towards the end, my calves were starting to bother me, so I slowed down a bit. Taking today off, to let me legs rest and then hopefully will be able to run tomorrow morning, may not go as far...think I may shoot for 2 miles tomorrow. So anyway, my goal this year is to run a 10K and if I can get my legs in gear, I may be able to do one next month. Did I mention, I am also doing my second round of Insanity!!! I know, I am an Addict!!!!