Starting this Monday tired but happy. My big boy cat was exceptionally needy last night and kept waking me up…so…tired…but I’ll manage. On the happy side, I’m finally starting to see my own progress, a friend noticed over the weekend, and I had a really solid 5 mile run yesterday. All good things to start the new week. As far as the run goes, I pushed my intervals, I pushed pace (a little). I finished about 2 minutes faster than the last time I did 5 miles. It felt really good. Plan is to get 5k in after work, then squats, ITB rehab, and core work. Gearing up to head to Ohio this coming weekend for a friend’s baby shower. And starting to think about and plan for our getaway to Erie in a couple of weeks.
I can’t wait to start building some mileage. I’m starting to feel more confident, and like my running legs are coming back. I may not always be able to run when I want to, but when I do run I feel like they are good quality runs. I made the difficult decision to cut back to one kettlebell class per week as well. I like it and I’ll miss my second day, but right now I need to be able to run more, and that second day is hindering that. I can never guarantee that I’ll be able to run the day after class–so 2 classes means potentially 4 days I can’t run. No bueno. I’m optimistic that I can return to 2 classes per week at some point when my fitness improves, but running is my first love and I need to be true to that (and myself in the process). And I’m looking forward to running in Ohio this weekend–I plan to hit my favorite park for my long run and probably just the neighborhood for the other one. Either way, the change of scenery will be great.
Have a good week, all. Go do something you love.