Snooze, I Lose!

I was supposed to complete Week Three, Day Three this morning. Instead, I hit snooze button. All day today I have been regretting my decision. I hate having regrets!

I know it's not the end of the world. I wish I could/would follow my training plan perfectly but that would not be realistic. I know I have choices. I could have tried again this evening. I decided to do some light exercise and stretch.

I reached out to my friend, who I call my 5k sponsor, and she was very encouraging. She shared that she did something similar last Saturday. She also said I must learn how to listen and honor my body. Even though I went to bed early last night, I guess I was really started. I just don't want to start making excuses. I will continue work on getting in tune with my body. I have been so separate from it for such a long time. I am still learning how to tell when I am physically hungry. I suppose the same goes for when I am physically tired or it is just the mind/ego telling me so.

Tomorrow is another day....

Couch to 5k -- Week Three, Day Two

I had a great workout this morning. I really pushed myself to run a little faster. I feel pretty good. No aches. I still iced my knees as a precaution. While I am taking it one workout at a time, I am thinking long term. I really want to do the Peachtree Road Race and a half marathon next year. My planking is coming along nicely too!

July Plank Challenge -- Day Nine

Wow! I am doing so much better than I thought. By the end of the month I was hoping to be able to do a two-minute plank. At the rate I'm going, it looks like I may be closer to a three-minute plank. Although I cannot see it on the outside, my strength training is definitely strengthening my core:

Week Three -- Couch to 5k

I woke up at 5:30 this morning. It was kind of rainy. I let my fear of running in the rain get the best of me and I went back to sleep. After work I debated whether or not I wanted to run outside in the hot Georgia sun. After it had been raining most of the weekend and day, it was pretty humid out. Humidity or the treadmill. I chose the treadmill.

July Plank Challenge

One of the ways I decided to work on my core is to challenge myself to plank every day this month. So far, so good. I believe I reached a personal record today. My goal is to be able to do a 2-minute plank by the end of the month.

Week Two, Day Three

It's been raining almost nonstop this week. I didn't feel too confident about running on the wet pavement today so I went to the gym. I wasn't too thrilled about running on the treadmill but I had to complete my workout. It went fine but, as usual, my knee was bothering me. I iced it a few times today and now it's fine. Week Three here I come!

Happy Fourth of July!