Not a Morning Person

I got a late start today. I didn't make it out of the house until 5:45. Had to cut it short to make it on time for work. I realized that if I want to continue running in the morning, I'm going to have to leave earlier to accommodate longer distances. I'm going to have to find an alternative when that happens. 5:30 is already painful enough. Next week I'm supposed to be moving up to 4 mile runs and that seems like a huge step in such a short amount of time. We'll see how it goes. Tomorrow is a rest or cross training day. I think I'm going to take a "muscle works" class at the gym, it's always torture the next day.

Distance: 2.7 Mi.
Time: 24:51
Thought during run: Why the eff does this neighborhood have so many hills.

My First Early Morning Run (outside)

After a long weekend of indulging in birthday and graduation parties, I finally decide that I needed to get back on track. It's been really hot lately (in the 90's) and I'm not a big fan of running in the heat, so I figured an early morning run would would be perfect. I woke up at 5:30 a.m. and was surprised how easy it was today. I did it twice last week, and it seemed much more difficult. It rained a lot last week so I was mainly in the gym, and I never look forward to going to the gym, especially to run. Running on treadmills sucks! That's probably why it was easier to get out of bed. I'm trying to follow a training plan but it's been really hard trying to fit everything in with school.

So this morning my only goal was to get up and run 5k. Not too focused on time, just wanted to get it in. I'm still REALLY slow and trying to build my stamina, so I was happy with what I accomplished this morning. The next few weeks are going to be crazy with school. I have two presentations and four papers due in the next two weeks, one of those papers being a monster, so I need to stay motivated.

Over all the run was good. The first part went by fast since I was still half asleep. It was really humid, but it could have been a lot worse.

Distance: 3.1 Mi.

Time: 32:46

Thought during run: Where the hell did all those bunnies come from?

Below is the playlist that I used this morning.

Where Do I begin...

Signing up for the first half marathon of my life. On October 3rd I will be attempting to run in the Lewis and Clark marathon. I'm only entering in the half. Very ambitious considering at this point I have only ran in two races, both 5Ks. The first was called the first was called "The Fast and the Furriest." It was for the APA and although it was for a good cause, it was cold, rainy and there was gum balls all over the course from a crazy storm the night before. It was a good experience in the event I ever have to run on marbles. I didn't twist my ankle and got in at 34:41. The second was a fun run called "Karen for a Kause" although I did a lot better on this one, I don't know my official time, but I know it was under 31 minutes and I'm happy with that. The amazing part is that just a few months ago I couldn't run a mile without stopping. Still a LONG way from 13.1...