Is paved with good intentions. That is the theme since Sunday. My mom and dad came into town on Monday morning. Okay, no big deal. I did almost 40 minutes of yoga in the morning and felt so refreshed before the arrived. On Tuesday, while they were playing with Connor, I took the opportunity to get a strength trianing workout in and was doing great. Also got a little swim in in the mid-morning and felt very proud of myself and well-rounded.
Onto to today....I was amped to get to my 7-mile run!!! My morning was thrown off because I had to take the car to the shop and ate my breakfast on the way. Dropped the car off, went back home, took care of Connor. Because my mom and dad were leaving town, I was trying to wrestle with Ben to get him out of bed, Dakota was throwing up and I was trying to pack Connor and I to go to the gym...we were a little frazzled. No worries, got to the gym, no big deal. Dropped Connor off and I was on my towards 7 miles. I was really sucking on mile 3 and was begging for it to be over. I had already decided that I was going to stop the treadmill after 3.5 miles to reset because it turns off on you after 1 hour. I, instead, finished an hour at exactly 4 miles, stopped the treadmill, took a breath and was about to restart when I noticed Ben had been texting me. I got back on the treadmill and was cooking,..I got to about .5 miles and my curiosity and nervousness got the better of me as to why Ben was texting, so I got off the treadmill to go give him a call. Good thing too.....I was seeing stars when I stepped off. I called Ben to find out that the person he thought could give him a ride to work was already at work so I had to rush pick up Connor from daycare, rush home and take Ben to work. 7 miles...foiled.
I guess 4.5 miles is better than nothing at all, but I learned something VERY valuable this morning. I HAVE TO eat breakfast no more than 1 hour before I run. If I wait much longer than that, I get lightheaded and weak through my run. I am learning and growing each time I run and maybe, hopefully, I will get to a week where I run the entire distance of my run I am supposed to run.
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