Today was a tough day. I was distracted and unfocused while running. My business phone was ringing like crazy, Maddie had a terrible night's sleep so I was up for most of the night, laundry had to be done, etc., etc., etc. As I was running, I was thinking of all the things I needed to do. My legs was hurting and for some reason I was really out of breath during the first 1/2 mile. Then I realized I had put the incline of the treadmill up a little higher and had been running on a steeper incline. Not much steeper but boy did it make a difference. I turned the incline back down to .5 but then turned it back up. I could use the challenge and I also wanted to be able to blog that I ran 1 mile at a steeper incline. So I did it. I ran 1 mile at a steeper incline when I could have just turned it back down. I decided I was just going to run 2 miles because I was so unfocused. As I approached 1.3 miles I just really wanted to call it day. But, I didn't and just said make it to 1.5. Then 1.5 turned into 2 miles and then 2 miles turned into 2.5 miles. Yeah. I not only ran 1 mile at a steeper incline but went over my goal of running 2 miles today. When all was said and done, I was glad I didn't give up. I realized that when I look at increasing my distance by 1/2 mile increments, I am able to be successful. Small goals but big achievement for me. So, in case you are adding up my mile so far, I ran 10 miles since Monday. Just another 3 miles and I ran a half marathon. I would like to run 3.5 miles either on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. I just have to see which of those days I have the most time to spend on the treadmill.
I am also thinking of running the Falmouth Road Race (a 10K (7 miles)) that will take place in Falmouth, MA in August. Cape Cod is our favorite place to visit. We watched the Falmouth Road Race last year and I did say at that time I wanted to run the race in 2011. That course is very hilly though unlike the Disney Princess Half Marathon which is very flat. I have awhile to think about it and train for that one as well.
Today I had homemade sausage and spinach soup for dinner. It was delicious. I did add some white rice to it because I love either noodles or rice with my soup. Breakfast was egg whites, ham and a slice of cheese. I didn't have time to have a decent lunch so I grabbed a handful of kettle corn.
As the day comes to a close, I keep reminding myself of one of my favorite motto's:
DECIDE. COMMIT. SUCCEED.
No comments:
Post a Comment