A week ago, I went for a nice leisure Sunday afternoon walk. I felt so good after that I set my alarm for 6am everyday last week so that I would get up and walk or run. It is finally warm enough outside that I can be outside and not feel like I'm slowly freezing. I had the day off yesterday and went for a nice 45 minute walk/run. Of course I timed it perfectly so I could swing by the SA and pick up a cup of coffee and walk back home for my cool down. My dilemma this morning was, I wanted to go into work early (because with a day off, work piles up), but I also wanted to run. If I can't get up at 6am, what are the odds that I can get up earlier? I talked myself into a 5:45am wake up time. 15 minutes earlier seemed so much more feasible. My body actually started to wake up about 10 minutes prior to my alarm as if to say "you're going to do this and I am going to help you". I got ready in the dark as to not wake Adam. You never realize how hard it is to dress in the dark with tagless clothes. When I walked outside, I felt this amazing calm and I was so happy I was out there. A few years ago I used to get up and run a 3 mile out and back course when I was trying to train for a 1/2 marathon. Everyday I would run to the same spot and turn around, but today I ran for 30 minutes instead of a running to a distance and I ran farther today before I turned around than I used to. It was a small personal victory. Granted I got a new Nike + sensor and I have not calibrated it yet, so I'm not sure my exact distance, but so far I'm satisfied.
Of course, the reason I got up so early was to catch one of the early buses. I missed them by a couple minutes and am starting the morning off with a nice relaxing breakfast, coffee and blogging. It could be a good day after all.
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