It’s been way too long since I’ve been out for a run!

The worst part is that I am running a half marathon in less than 8 weeks.

Actually, that is the exciting part!  It’s my second race of the year and I was looking forward to packing on some miles when this sinus infection hit hard.  After almost 33 years together, I know that this bug is my bodies way of asking for a break.  And after all of this time, my body knows that I’m not good at breaks.  In all fairness, I spent all last weekend cuddled on the couch with Cooper resting and recovering.

However, I decided that I would do something (walk or run) the best I could with wherever my stomach and sinuses were at on Thursday morning.  The weather here has been gorgeous and I was starting to feel a bit lazy.

I laced up  my sneakers and jogged towards the path.  My running schedule dictated that I should run 5 miles, my mind told me that I would be safer trying 4 miles and my body determined that it would be happy to finish 3 miles.  I’m not sure if it was the stuffed sinuses impacting my ability to breath or general fatigue, but I struggled to complete my 30 minute run.  Yet, I was still thrilled to have been out in the fresh air and happy to say that I got in at least one workout this week.   That was until I saw my bed and realized that I was so exhausted I wish I had time to take a nap.  I didn’t!  Just enough time to shower and eat breakfast before heading off to work.

I needed to save some energy for my last day of yoga for the high school girl’s group. I  decided to ‘wing’ it, and I have to admit that it went really well. I have loved guiding the kids and teens through their yoga journey over the past 6 weeks and am beyond thrilled that the program was so successful. 

And now it’s Friday…Hooray!!!

Somehow, I have survived the work week and although I am not feeling as strong as I want to, I have active weekend plans ahead.  I’m hoping that some of them will include running : )