Confidence

I have been working on upping my mileage, and after months of 10-15 miles a week on average I have finally been hitting 20-25 the last month. Last weeks long run was 7 miles. I was running with my friend C, it was early afternoon and not too cold, so it should have been great. However, it was hard! I struggled the whole time, especially when talking.

This week my mileage has increased and I have been feeling good. Today C and I were planned on running 8 and I have been worried all week that I would hold her back. We met up and it was around 12 degrees outside the sun was shining and no wind, so we were good to go. I love cooler temps so this was perfect for me. We started out and I was feeling good, we hit 3 miles and things were going great. Then came the big hill, we cruised up it(we thought we would have to walk!) and then came the fun part of running back down. We finished off our miles with both of us feeling like we could run more. I really enjoyed this run and it was just what I needed to build up my confidence. Now I am ready to tackle a training program.

Early Morning Running

I have a love/hate relationship with the treadmill. I love it when it's freezing outside or when my kids are home and I need to run. In the past I would run mid morning or at night, whenever I could fit it in. Now that I am working full time, and my job requires me to be outside, I am having a difficult time fitting it in. So I have finally accepted the fact that I am going to have to become an early morning runner. This has never been my favorite time to run and I hate the treadmill in the morning. If I am strength training or working out to a video I don't have a problem getting it done early, it's only treadmill running that I psych myself out. However I have signed up for a half marathon in June and I would like to train harder then last year. I did drag myself out of bed at 5 on Thursday and ran an easy 3 miles. I didn't love the run but the rest of the day I felt great. Now I just need to continue until I learn to love it!