Uh oh!

Under a month until my first race!!! I won't lie, I'm really nervous about it.
The good news is that I've been walking every day I'm scheduled to, which is great! The bad news came today with the weekly distance run. I was supposed to run 8 miles and I only got 5 in. It was mainly a time issue- I didn't have the time to finish the last three miles. Unfortunately, with my current job weekends are the worst, so I have little time to get my walking in.
But I'm going to keep at it! At 5 miles (which I completed in 81:22) I was walking at an average speed of 3.66 mph. There was some jogging in there as well- I went 4.9 mph then.
Two problems started to arise when I had to stop:
Firstly, my legs were beginning to feel very tired. After a half hour they don't feel so bad, so I just need to work through that tired feeling.
Secondly, I'm getting very bored. Very, very bored. I grabbed a bunch of old magazines and flipped through them, trying to avoid seeing how far I've gotten. Watching television while on the treadmill doesn't work for me like it does for my mom. I may try putting on a movie for my next workout. I'm also going to create a very long workout playlist for my ipod. I just need to move all of my music from my old computer to my new one....
Anyway, that's all for now! I'll update again shortly!