long run postponed....

i awoke thinking i might have been hit by a mack truck . but no, nothing like that. i survived the les mills fitmark quarterly in arlington texas yesterday. my body is sore. a group of us from the gym went down and did roughly seven to eight classes. we were going from 9am to 7 pm. (attack,vive,combat,flow,step,pump,jam,and a bit of cycle) and on my break i even managed to get my mile minimum in for the day. most thought i was more than crazy, but i just couldn't let it be the day i didn't run. i mean i was already sweaty and dressed for it. think goodness for the runkeeper app on my phone. i logged a mile around the hotel which included a pass by texas stadium. which was a first.

the problem was today. i was supposed to get in an 11 miler this weekend. it hasn't happened; won't happen. i did well to hit the pavement for a mile today in the rain. i really, really, didn't feel like running when i started but as i was completing the mile i felt a bit looser. i must get the 11 completed in the next couple days or i will be off for next weekend as well. not good.

i'll let you know how it works out.

kristin

still running; still learning

things i've learned past couple of weeks of daily running-

1. the i phone can get so cold that it completely goes dead, completely... until you hold it in your hands and/ or put it between you legs for many minutes and it rewarms. it can't be left in a front pocket as you run into the wind on a cold day without striking fear into the heart of its owner.

2. i can run faster than i thought i could. (most days)

3. i may dread the idea of "the run" but i have always been glad i did it when i'm done. no regrets baby!!!!!

kristin

still hanging on.... two long runs done. one 9 mile on treadmill and one 10 mile run this past weekend outside. daily runs of 1-4 miles squeezed in among the rest of life. next week i build to 11 for the long and then start the alternating: long one weekend and half that distance the next. i love those half weekends. some days its taken all i have to get my mile in. my legs have felt heavy and tired. but i've done it and am always glad for one more day. i have found repeatedly that the first mile is the hardest, mentally and physically. however, the tug-a-war i used to do mentally about going vs not going has subsided. it has become a when not if. i am getting stronger and a bit faster. the daily running, however long or short, is becoming the norm. each day it's a choice, and i have chosen to run.

kristin