Dedication

Whenever I am not working during the day, my natural body clock adjusts my sleeping hours quite quickly. Since I am not working a day job at the moment, I have already started with the late night owl hours and the sleeping in late in the morning. I just cannot seem to help it!

Yesterday, I got up pretty late--about 11am I think. As I mentioned in my last post, although I was starting to get a cold, I did my run then went out for the evening. When I got home, I was feeling ok, but as I got ready for bed I began getting more and more congested. I was having a very hard time falling asleep, first off because I woke up so late that morning and secondly, because I couldn't breathe very well at all. I knew I needed to get up early for today's TNT training, so I finally took some Nyquil at 3am so I could to sleep. (I'm so stubborn when it comes to taking medicine!)

The Nyquil seemed to work instantly. I was finally fast asleep. However, the alarm would be going off at 6am and I already wasn't looking forward to that!

At 6am, I was sooooo tired. I hate to admit it, but I was hoping that I felt too sick to go run. But I wasn't feeling too sick, just tired. So as painfully as it was with only 3 hours sleep, I got myself up. Our run was at Lake Almaden Park. I had never been there so as we arrived I was pleasantly surprised and also happy it wasn't freezing as it had been on some of our Saturday morning runs. Today's option for running was 2-8 miles (not 2-7 as I had mentioned before). I don't really understand how we had a 2 mile option as they were timing us on how long it took us to get to the 2 mile marker. I mean, once we got there, we'd have to turn around for another 2 miles! Therefore, I think the minimum must have been 4 miles. That was ok with me though. I am trying not to do less than 4 miles as of now anyway.

David took off for the longer run, as usual. Dana and I stayed together to do the 4 miles. The first 2 miles were fairly easy for us. We got there in 27 min 49 sec. That's not exactly fast, I know, but I didn't mind. I don't run for speed, rather for consistency. I could have made it in less time, but I was mindful that I do have a cold after all (even though I don't want to admit it!)

As Dana and I turned around for the 2 miles back, she mentioned that we could have gone one more mile. I agreed, we could have. It wasn't hard to do the miles we did at all. But while we thought about it, we didn't turn back around. Instead, we just finished off our 4 miles by going back and waiting for Superstar David, who ended up doing all 8 miles.

Next week, given that I am well, I have decided I will do 6 miles.

When I came home from running, I knew I had an hour before kettlebell class. By then, I really wasn't feeling well, but I didn't want to miss class. However, even though I didn't want to miss, I was looking forward to it being over so I'd have time for a nap before a dinner date with my friend. Well, of all days, my sister emailed to ask if I could go to the later class because some of her other students had called in sick. (She likes to have balanced sized classes and I think it's easier to move me around than her other students.) I didn't really want to go to a later class, because I wanted the time for a good nap when I got back home. Also, it seemed the longer I rested before class, the more I felt the need to stay home. I didn't stay home though. I made it to class. My sister instantly noted how tired I looked, but once I was there, I knew it was only a half hour until I would be done with my training for the day! Whew!!

Today was big in regards to my dedication. While I just really wanted to stay home, I knew that I could push through and keep to my goals for the day. And when I was done, I got in a short nap, had a great time out at dinner, and now finally home laying on my couch with no obligations for the next day or so! I'm proud and hopefully feeling much healthier very soon :)