4 days off, 4 miles on

I feel a little bad that my last post was titled, Dedication, because after that I hadn't done any training or working out for 4 days! The first couple of days I needed to take off. I knew that my "dedication" was not necessarily that good for my health. I wasn't feeling well on that last day I ran and worked out, and pushing myself only made me feel worse afterwards. So, I decided to just take it easy and not get back to training right away. Then over the last two days, I just didn't feel as motivated. I was confident my motivation would come back, so I decided to just ease up on the pressure I had been putting upon myself.

Today would be TNT training day anyway. I knew I would be up for it and had actually looked forward to getting back into my training. I have been eating well, primarily only eating my own cooked food (my cooking kind of sucks, but it is much healthier), and so I felt as though I'd have enough energy for tonight given my better eating as well as the extended rest I had.

A couple hours before our training though, Dana called to say that with her very heavy load of homework she would not be able to go to our training tonight. She instead just wanted to go out to Campbell Park for a quick run and told me that David would be going with her as well. So, that gave me the option of going with them or going later to the TNT training on my own. In the end, it didn't really matter to me whether I went to the TNT training as long as I got my running in--that was most important to me tonight. Also, my preference was to stay with "my team"!

So we met at Campbell Park to do our run. David brought his watch and said he would be timing our run/walk at 4min run/2min walk intervals. That was fine with me as long as we went a distance of at least 4 miles. So, off we went... The running was surprisingly easy for me, and although I think David was actually making us run 5 or 6 minutes at a time, I was having a very easy time. Even on the two miles back (we run 2 miles out, 2 miles back), when I usually tend to slow down, I had no problem keeping up my pace at all. In fact, it all seemed like a piece of cake! Yay!

When I came home, I was feeling good. Before I showered though, I decided I should also get a kettlebell workout in, since I hadn't practiced any all week. So I did about 20 minutes of kettlebell swings as well.

Tonight I am feeling really great. In the end, I don't really feel guilty for taking so many days off. I am no longer sick and doing pretty well in my running. In fact, I plan to be doing 6 miles minimum beginning tomorrow. I am also eating well and feeling much lighter. Even though I haven't weighed myself lately, I felt really happy earlier today when I only had to take a minor inhale as I put on my skinny jeans :)) I'm on track, feeling good, and looking forward to continuing on in this journey...