Yesterday was the official start of my half marathon training! I will be lifting twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays, so Sam wrote me up a lovely little program to get me through this training. He rocks.
This morning's run epitomized struggle. I got about four hours of sleep last night, so I knew I'd be dragging today. I also know on this training program I'm supposed to make my Tuesday and Thursday runs "easy" and slow my pace down. So in an attempt to do that, I accidentally slowed WAY down. Well, also, my body was like NOPE I'M TIRED I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS. So I picked up the pace a bit by the end and overall it's fine, it was just slow.
Tomorrow is my first tempo run, and I'm only slightly sure I know what that means. So I guess I'll figure it out.
I'm really grateful for the Forest Lake (Struggle) Runners. I thought I would be going solo this morning, so I was really happy when Nick and Aaron showed up. Even though we didn't run together, just knowing they were there pushed me to get through my run.
Oh, and isn't that sweaty selfie crisp and clear?? The new phone is magical and I love it.
Now to make it through this day. I'll be posting here in a minute about the paleo eating. Stay tuned!