Tidbits

"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."
Abraham Lincoln


I'm happy to say that Wednesday's treadmill run was super easy! I don't mean that I didn't push myself...it was just smooth and I felt really great about it. Like a freshly oiled Tin Man instead of a rusty ol' pile of junk metal. I can't remember the last time I ran a mile without losing my breath. What a wonderful gift!

Thursday's run was a 2 miler which I had done after work and outside. I'm so glad that I waited to do so because I had a stressful day at work and my run served as my counselor. Also, yesterday was a super rainy day...until I got off work. The sun shone bright and certainly helped to lift my spirits. Yet another gift!

I appologize to myself for using random images from the internet for my blog posts. I plan to make things a little more fun and personal once I can find my camera charger...darnit.

I find it interesting and almost comical how we can, within 2 minutes, shove over 100 calories into our mouths when it takes nearly 10 minutes to burn it off. I thank the treadmill and eliptical calorie counters for making me see the light.

I read an article that tells me to make sure I take into consideration my friends' schedules when deciding when to run so that I can include them. Apparently, this person doesn't know the busyness surrounding my friends' schedules...I would never get a run in! Of course, that's not entirely true...but it's pretty close!
Here's why...

Once the training schedule is in full force, this is what it will look like:
Monday: morning XT(cross train), ie: swimming 30, 45 or 60 min.
Tuesday: Quality run in the a.m. before work (gotta make it to BS on time after work!)
Wednesday: Short(er) run and weights at night at the gym
Thursday: Tempo run in the a.m. before work (gotta make it to comm. group on time after work!)
Friday: rest...yay!
Saturday: short(er) run
Sunday: Long runs...weeeeee!
Starting this month, Dr. Crum decided to start late on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Hooray for me because I can now get those important runs in in the morning and have the rest of the day free for the other things I managed to schedule. Definitely a gift. Love it!