Today was my first Friday run in about a month. The last couple of weeks have been hard on my running schedule, and fitness in general. Which I knew it would be. 4/5 of the family has their birthdays within a 30 day period, plus Halloween, and Customer Service week. Which means a month of lots of eating junk food, tons of temptation, and plenty of diversions.
So this morning, when the alarm went off I wasn't really excited about getting up and running. Had to break that habit of sleeping in on Fridays.
But, I did it, I dragged myself out of bed. Put on the running clothes, and snuck out of the house as quietly as possible. And forced myself to get started on a tempo run. Which is always one of the harder workouts, even though it is short from a time perspective.
And yeah, it wasn't one of my best runs, I ran out of gas, and failed to hit my pace a lot. But I kept going, and when I hit that third mile I kept going, even though my program said I could stop. And when I did finally slow to a walk and do the cool down, I felt good!
Now is the time to focus on the little improvements and start rebuilding my wind and strength. I know I can do it, it is just a challenge. But it's a challenge I know I can meet, so here we go, time to get rolling back into a better fitness habit and plan.
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