Day TWO. 129 Days to go.

5/5 Intervals

This morning the alarm went of really early. Now as a day shift nurse (transitioning to night shift in just a few days), my alarm always goes off early in the morning. But this is a different early. The up before the birds, pitch black, ugly alarm before 5 am early. I was exhausted and sore and just didn't want to go. But i got up anyway. I ate a little pre-run fuel, got ready and  . . . crawled right back into bed. I just couldn't do it. Im not sure why, other than I didn't want to be a quitter but I got back up and drug my feet to the car to head to our meeting spot. I knew once I got going I would feel better but starting really does seem like the hardest part when your alarm goes off at 4:30 in the morning. But I made it there and started putting one foot in front of the other. Slowly, at first, then faster and faster. Before I knew it the first half of the run was done and I felt strong. At least more strong than tired! As we finished up, I felt a little twinge of disappointment as I saw our mile pace was slower than Day ONE. I allowed that to pass, because I had to. I then considered this is only Day TWO! We still have 129 days to go and when i first started this running process at the end of last year, my mile times had more of a range of 15-20 minutes!

A little side note . . . running is good for me, physically and emotionally but I know "You can't out run a bad diet!" So todays lunch is going to keep me on track. I am a fat kid running but I will do everything I can to make it an easier process!