W2D2

I did it. It's done. I hope to never do it again. I'm still sore.

Okay, may all the dramatics aren't fair! So, yesterday I was planning on getting up at 6:30am to run as my husband had to go to work and I wanted to get it in before he left. About midnight or so, my son starts SCREAMING and doesn't stop. At all. For several hours. As you can probably guess, I didn't get up at 6:30 to run. At that point, I think I'd only gotten about 3 hours of sleep or so.

We headed up to his parents farm yesterday afternoon, which is about 2 hours away and I thought I'd sleep in the car, then maybe after dinner, head out for my run. I should know better! I didn't get one minute of sleep. Then, we got to the farm and as usual, my mother-in-law made a fabulous meal and I ate too much. 8:10 rolls around and it's starting to look a little dark. I drug myself off the nice comfy couch and threw on my shoes. I dedided I couldn't not do it! I had to, no matter how much I would have rather stayed on that couch!

Out I went. The nice thing about being out in the country like that is that there is a cross-road, every 1 mile, exactly. So, you know how far you're going! I am embarassed to say that in my 30 minutes, I did just over 2 miles. On second thought, I'm not embarassed to say that. If I was in week 9, I might be, but for week 2...that's not too bad. The fact that I could continue moving for 2 entire miles if pretty impressive if you ask me!

It had been a chilly, drizzly day, and the evening started out nicer. It was cool, which was really nice. There was a decent breeze, which was also nice when I started. Until I turned around to head back to the farm and realized that the first half of my run, that seemed fairly tolerable, was due in large part to the tail wind! Which had just become a HEADWIND!! Ahhhhh....

That made the second half of my run much more difficult. The wind combined with the fact that it was getting pretty dark and it actually felt chilly, even after running, made the last stretch a little tricky!

But, I did it! I tried a new podcast too and LOVED it. Here is the link: http://runningintoshape.com/5k-training-downloads/ It is a free download, but she happily accepts any donations. On her site, you will find her stories about the everyday battle most of us go through to try to stay positive and keep on running! She's newly unemployed too, as they laid off a large number of people at her job, so every little bit helps! I am definitely using her podcasts from now on. They are kind of "poppy" but , you know, so am I! I'm not afraid to admit it...I like Brittney Spears!!!!!!!!!!!!