Things Do Get Better

After Thursday's "yucky" day, I was sure I'd do the run again on Friday to make up for it, even though I was only scheduled for 30 minutes of cross training.

Well, guess what? I didn't do it. In fact, I didn't do ANYTHING on Friday!!!!

One might say I was falling down the slippery slope into the "do nothing" abyss, but the good news is: No, I didn't. Instead, I went to Lifetime with Kyle on Saturday, my actual scheduled rest day, and did the stair machine as well as some treadmill. Worked up a very sweaty sweat, I tell you! I actually DRIPPED. :)

So this morning, it being daylight savings and all, 6:30 am came really early. Early because my body really thought it was 5:30, which is what it had been the day before. Well, y'all know how daylight savings works, I'm sure. :) I made my Kashi oatmeal and got ready for the 8:00 am run at Lake Calhoun. Today's weather was really nice so there were no concerns about freezing my fingers off or anything like that (for once!).

Driving to these training runs, I get a very nervous, kinda sick feeling in my tummy. Today we were scheduled to run 6 miles, and as you know, I ain't never run 6 miles! Today's route was around Lake Calhoun to Lake of the Isles and back. As it turns out, the route is 6.5 miles, and since I ran the whole darn way, I have a new personal distance record! Whoo hoo!

This coming weekend I am going to run a 5K at Lake Harriet, called 100% Irish For A Day. I figured it would be fun to do a few small races before the big day, to kind of see what it might be like. Also, I have discovered from running around the lakes that I do not like the feeling of having someone run behind me. It's creepy and I want to keep looking back to see who it is. I realize I'm going to have to get over that in order to do any events, unless I plan to always take last place - I guess that would work too.