Running in the Rockies

I finally broke my 7 week record of not running on Mondays today. (It's about time!!!) Both babies were asleep and the weather's unusually warm this morning, so I turned the baby monitors up loud for my husband to hear and headed out the door!!

Beautiful morning - a little chilly with the wind - but sunny and happy. No walking again today! Brent, you were right about the 3 mile hurdle. Now that I've gone 3 miles, I certainly don't want to wimp out on the 2 milers. I feel like I'm finally improving. The first 2 months felt like such slow progress, it almost felt like a hopeless cause. But now I'm more confident and stronger!

It was a beautiful, warm autumn day - amazing for November! Unfortunately it was one of those days that I hung out in my sweats all day without showering ... waiting for an opportunity to run; but it paid off! Two miles on a dirt path. No walking. I didn't take the Garmin today - just the iPod. I had to put a few new songs on since I was getting tired of the same old tunes.

Nothing really eventful in my run today. Two miles - no walking - nice temperature - felt good. I'm tired this evening, though ... and grumpy, truth be told. :o)

5K in 35:22!!!!! That's over a minute faster than my race time!!!! Woohoo! It's funny; I thought I was doing terrible. The first mile and a half were on a gradual uphill and I wasn't sure I was going to make it without walking; and then the way home was getting dark and I couldn't check my pace. So, when I finally looked at 3.1 miles, I was soooo surprised and happy!

I've thought a lot about what you said, Brent. I'm going to work to make sure none of my runs are "uneventful." I can see that feeling blah about my running will lead to not wanting to run more - and then stopping eventually. So, I'm going to look for something in each run that makes it eventful and interesting! I told this to Lybi and she said I could always TP a car or something. ha,ha - probably not what you had in mind, huh, Brent! But it sure would make it eventful!! ;o)