Yesterday was an interesting day…work was work, but after work I had plans on being ACTIVE and the day was hot. HOT. And I loved it. It has been feeling so wonderful to me to have such warmth again finally. My friend and I are supposed to do hill training on Wednesdays together for the marathon. We haven’t been able to yet (primarily schedule issues but also me not running) and yesterday we couldn’t do hill work but she joined me for a slow run.
It was slow, but in the heat, no one can blame us (rather me since she could have gone faster). It was my first run in what felt like AGES…and I was sweating like a man. It felt really good to get out and go though. Afterward we did ab work. I hate ab work, but my friend is hard core and it pushed me to be better. We did crunches and the plank and leg lifts and MAN, I felt it a bit this morning. I’ll take it, sign of building back muscles!!!
After getting home I cleaned up the messy kitchen. I took out trash, emptied kitty litter, watered plants, swept the floor, even prepared a bagged lunch for myself! Then I showered and went to bed. While I didn’t make my 12AM bed time goal, an hour later I was snuggling down for a nice long nap.
I woke up feeling great and enjoyed both the sun shining through my window and little Jasper’s good morning songs to himself. THAT BIRD IS SO ADORABLE!!!
As I was falling asleep, I was thinking about how great I feel when I run, though I push it off like the plague sometimes.
I hope that this feeling helps push me back out there to do what I gotta do in preparation for San Fran in October. I really would like to do better than a 4 hour marathon if at all possible…it is currently unlikely, but we shall see.
At any rate…I hope everyone out there starting their marathon, triathlon or various sports trainings is doing well and sticking with their programs while remaining injury free! Good luck to all!
Excuse me. This post was misfiled. It should be under the Leaping Lizard. Thank you.
so NOT hardcore, but whatEVER!!!!
