Happy Earth Day! What a beautiful day it is here today and a great day to remember why we celebrate Earth Day at all....running this morning I tried to take it all in. I took off my headphones and listened to the sounds of the birds, the rustling of the leaves, the warmth of the sun as it was coming up...moments of clarity and a clear head are both reasons why I am realizing I love to run.
I did get up early this morning and do a FitTv stretching program. It felt wonderful. At least the 15 mintues I was able to do before Connor was ready to get up for the day. On Friday when I do this particular routine again, I may get up a little earlier to get the stretching done so we can be out the door on our run by 7:00am. That seems to work really well for us. I was thankful for the little bit of stretching I did do before my run because I felt great. I wasn't winded, no stitches in my side and my legs felt so refreshed. We did the same 2.5 mile route with the 5 min run/ 1 min. walk for a total of 5 times. Add that to the walking warm-up and cool down and I finished in 33:10.
I also updated my iPod this morning. I added in a beginning and end song for my warm-up and cool down and rotated a few for variation. It was time to switch it up a little.
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