Another week has come and gone. Insane!! Time is just flying! This week has been a strange week. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning it was overcast and rainy out. Rainy enough to not be able to run the roads by me with a stroller.
After my 12k run on Saturday, I tool Sunday off (I usually do anyway) And when Monday came around, it was so wet and puddles everywhere that I couldn't workout again. Tuesday came and it was still wet and rainy and I was feeling a little depressed. Getting a little cabin fever and needing to get out. So when Tanner got home around 3, I headed out to go run. My plan was to run to the mountain about 2 miles down the road, hike the mountain and run home. It's always been a goal of mine. I headed out and it was freezing cold and raining. I made it a mile and decided to turn around. It was lame-o! On my run back I decided to see how fast I could run the mile. Most my miles are over 10 minutes. I ran that mile in 7 minutes and 48 seconds. It was awesome! Something else I want to remember....after I went Sunday and Monday with no workout and then thinking I wasn't going to be able to get one in on Tuesday I honestly got scared that I would start gaining weight or losing endurance or just something bad would happen. I was beating myself up for not getting out when the rain did clear up for an hour or so on Monday or Tuesday morning. But the amazing thing is when I went out to run just those two miles on Tuesday....they were so extremely easy. EASY! I couldn't believe it. I was sure I had gained back those 16 pounds in those days off. But I didn't. (Silly, I know) But I have just worked so dang hard to get that weight off I would be devastated if they came back that fast. I know in reality they wouldn't, but still, it was a fear. And how wonderful it was to not gain that weight and still have my running. It was awesome.
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