Finally things work in my favor!! The boy took it upon himself to go down for a nap nice and early at 1:00 so I took the opportunity the let the technology babysit the girl and I went downstairs for a run.
I wish I could say that things were different than yesterday but they were not. I get about half a mile in and then I need to walk. I walked for shorter spurts today than the 0.1 but my walking and running was slower. My body is hurting from being plunged back into activity! Not only did I run yesterday but I did my whole workout routine after - pushups, situps, weights, etc. I'm figuring that since my whole body feels off I need to get my core strengthened again. So my core was pretty sore today too! All in all I covered 1.25 miles in 15:23.
One more day of work tomorrow and then what will be will be. I'm hoping that race day adrenaline will allow me to get a solid mile in before walking. Any hopes I had of running the whole race are gone. I want to be optimistic, but I have to be realistic too. I'm keeping in mind that this race wasn't even going to be a possibility at all 3 weeks ago, so I'm thankful that I even get the opportunity to run this week :) And for starting from scratch after a 14+ week hiatus, half a mile isn't too shabby!! When I go back and look at where I started from over a year and a half ago, jogging for 60 seconds at a time was daunting. So I've still come a long way, even though my performance is nowhere it had climbed to. Plus it's for a good cause. And there will be people dressed up like reindeer and Santa Claus. And brunch at my house after. Whatever happens, it's going to be a great day!!
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