Bumps in the Road

    Well since my last post, I've been doing terrible at consistency running. Let's get all of my excuses out of the way...
1. My calf muscles hurt.
2. I'm too tired to move much less run.
3. I was out of town.
4. I'm just too busy.
5. My body is not moving. Like every muscle in my body has tensed up and is not moving.
6. It's 114 degrees outside which is too hot to run.
7. It's discouraging not being able run with your friends for 3 of their 12 mile jog.
8. There's no good time to run. I like sleeping as late as I can in the mornings.
9. It's early.
10. I ate bad.

    Ok, I could go on, but I'll spare you. Last Thursday night, I was running with my friend Angela. She was trying to go 17 miles. I was going to join her for 5. Well I held her up instead of joining her. It was over 100 degrees outside, after dark! That was our major hold up. We made it about 2 miles, and I was majorly struggling. Basically, I moved my intervals from 4 minutes running / 1 minute walking to 3 minutes running / 2 minutes walking. Angela would run her 4 minutes then turn around and come back for me during her walk. Once we started my 5th mile / Angela's 10th mile, my legs stopped working. As much as I tried, my run turned into a walk. We both changed our intervals to 1 minute running / 1 minute walking. Angela was so sweet and cheered me along... We made it to my house and both sopping wet with sweat laid on the floor and cooled off.
     At that moment I realized my running this time is harder than ever before. I guess a lot of factors contribute to that, but it's just not cool. So I texted my friend JoEllen who is a personal trainer. We are doing a lot of exercises that strengthen your core. We'll see how it goes...

Love!