Pretty surprised that I ran for 6 straight days! Yesterday was a busy day and I decided I needed a day to rest my legs. I feel like I had a very successful first week of trying out running. I made progress in several areas and that feels great! Lots of friends are being supportive and very encouraging.
Today truly felt like a Monday - even though I don't have a job, that Monday morning feeling still creeps in after a fun filled weekend. I had my coffee and fried eggs, took my fish oil, Vitamin D & C, decided to have a second cup of coffee, and then waited 40 minutes to digest before changing and heading out the door. The sun was shining brightly, which made me think about this summer and whether I'll still be into running, and how early will I have to go in order to beat the crazy hot California heat. Or will I wait until the evenings and run then? Nope. I know myself well enough and once I've had dinner and a glass of wine, there's no way I'm going to be heading out for a run. Ha!
I decided to ease into today and walked from my house down the street, crossed over the creek to the beginning of the dirt path and started my run there. Run Keeper conveniently informed me right as I began running, that I had walked 0.3 miles, so I had a baseline set in my head and was curious how far I'd have to run to make it one mile. I ran the entire dirt path until it becomes a gravel path, past the little gate, past the pool, to the end of the gravel, up onto the paved pathway to Rajkovich and turned around and ran back on the paved path back towards the pool. Run Keeper informed me at this point that I had gone a total distance of 1.0 mile. Crap! That means I had only run 0.7 miles and I was already feeling tired. Monday? Yes, indeed. I walked for a very short while, had some water and then ran some more. I made it to the end of the paved walkway and then walked up Valley Quail to the well known "Biko Ivy", as my family fondly refers to it.
My dog, Biko, used to make it to this neighbors ivy on his walks and he'd plop down and refuse to get up. Once, we had to call my husband to bring the car to pick us up. Well, today I was channeling Biko and wanted to plop down in the ivy! I have been told that I am stubborn when it comes to my exercise routine - right Greg? My stubbornness kicked in and off I ran! I rounded the corner of Spring Hill and glanced up ahead and there was "the hill" before me. Keep Going! Keep Running! You've got this! Those voices in my head only carried me a little more than halfway up the hill, but that's ok! I was able to walk the short way around the corner and home, actually walking in the front door less winded than I had all week. Did my stretches and then immediately did my 85 tricep dips for the day. Only three more days of dips left for this 30 day challenge. What will be my next challenge? Hmm. Maybe some type of ab work? A crunch challenge? Forecast is 85F today and bikini season is quickly approaching!
Now I'm working on my menu planning for the week. Enjoy your day everybody! Maybe some Paleasagna tonight? http://www.whatrunslori.com/2011/12/paleasagna/
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