Here we go again~

So, I was lazy and slept in yesterday (I am completely exhausted after our crazy weekend and consistent late nights of going to bed at 1:30AM. I am too old for this:)) so I was excited to get out this morning for a little run!!! I ran with the Heidi's to mile 2 then walked for a minute while they kept going and met back up with them to finish out the 5 mile square.  Let's just face the facts.......I am going to take Kim's advice and just keep doing what I can (even if it includes several walk breaks) rather then killing myself to run straight the whole time.  It was such a fun morning getting out with the girls and chatting (or in my case, listening to the chatting as it's also getting harder to talk and run).  Glad I got something in for the day as the Christmas Chocolate Orange Sticks are a serious addiction!!! I need to get a grip!

This morning I woke up to go with the girls but it was the weirdest thing..............My eyes and brain were awake, and even somewhat excited to get out and run but my body was thinking otherwise. I honestly felt like I couldn't move! Is this it's way of telling me that I needed to just go climb back in bed?? I am justifying my laziness because I have grown substantially in the past 2 weeks and feel like I am growing again so it must just be my body telling me to rest so my baby can grow right?? Anyway, that is the way I am going to think of it.  So, nothing for today but I am going shopping tonight and am sure to walk a couple of good miles through the mall:). We'll see~

I wish I had a good excuse for myself these days but I just don't! I am lacking on energy and willpower but at the same time, want to keep going!! I think my baby must be going through a major growth spurt because I just feel exhausted!!  To make myself feel better I am totally blaming it on this time of year (despite the fact that we have been having some of the most perfect weather EVER):).  Needless to say, I ran on Tuesday, couldn't get my body to work on Wednesday and then woke up fevered through the night Wednesday and Thursday night (into Friday).  I feel fine during the day but the night thing in weird!! So, today, I literally had a 30 minute window of time and decided to run and jump on the treadmill.  Now, brace yourselves.....this may be as surprising to some as it was to me but I ran a whole 3 miles WITHOUT STOPPING!!! ha ha!! Sad to say, but it made me the happiest gal on the block!! I was pretty proud of myself.  And better yet, it was at a sub 9 minute mile (yessssss, even if it was a 8:56)!!! I need to keep going......I need to keep going..........I need to keep going!!!  Let's see what next week brings:).  

Had a little crazy morning with schedules so I didn't get out to run but we had a wonderful day spending time together as a family so it was all worth it.  Then we got home and decided just to hang at home so I went down and jumped on the TM again! I went a total of 4.5 (trying to round my week off), but it went something like this.  Walked to warm up, ran to a mile, walked for a bit, ran to mile 2, walked for a bit, ran to mile 3, walked..........ran to mile 4, then walked for the last .5 miles while lifting weights! It felt like a semi-decent workout and just nice to know I got something in!!!