30 days: day 22 – The run that almost didn’t happen.

When I left my office, today’s run was not going to happen. I came home fully intending to lay down and crash for the night. But, my daughter wanted to go play volleyball, so instead of laying down I got dressed in my running gear, and we went out.

When you don’t feel like doing it, do it anyway!

I’m trying to slowly build up my mileage and my speed. Today’s run started with a warm up walk, a medium pace jog and ended with interval sprints.  Since my last few runs have been pain-free I felt like it I could try to get back to where I was when I started this journey.

3 Miles that almost didn't happen.
3 Miles that almost didn’t happen.

With only a few days left in this challenge, I’m starting to consider what comes next.   While this challenge was all about determining how to get over an issue, accomplishing a goal has aways been my focus. When you are focusing on an outcome, achieving it seems doable.   One of the audiobooks that I listened to during the last 30 days suggests that achievement is a habit that needs to be practiced.   Many people that say they are not successful have not practiced achieving anything. Thomas Edison said, that he didn’t fail at creating the light bulb 100 times, He simply found 99 way that would not work. So if you want to achieve, you have to do something that will help you get there.

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30 Days: Day 21a – #NRC

Do you ever have days when your body just will not work with you? You try to get up early to get your priorities accomplished, but your body wants to sleep. Other times you do everything in your power to complete another workout, however, when you get up to get it done, your body says, nope, it’s time to sit down. This is exactly what my day was like yesterday. As a result, I posted 0 miles. Today was another story.

Throughout the day, I was eager to take the new Nike Run Club (NRC) app out for a test run. To my dismay, when my phone updated from the old app, I lost about 20 miles of running data and sneaker information. Fortunately, that was the worst of it. It only took a small amount of effort to get my settings how I wanted. Unfortunately, I noticed that some of the features that I used often were no longer there. Even though I’m a little bummed about that, It didn’t deter from getting a few miles in. Today, I was able to get 2 More miles in the books
2milerun

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30 Days: Day 20a

With yesterday’s rain storm, I didn’t get to go out for a run. While I prepared to leave, I heard the thunder.  I thought I’d be able to get 2 miles done before the rain started. After the weather said it would be raining all day… and so far so good.  Then saw the lightning!  Moments the rain started and I knew it wasn’t going to happen. So, Mother Nature has given me a rest day.

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With all of the running around and homework I had to do today, I really hoped to be able to go for a run today. Even if only a short one! My last 2 runs were completely pain-free, and I was eager to see if the trend would continue.  Lo, and behold It was.  This was my third run in a row that there was no pain.  A few more runs like this and I’ll be able to start building on mileage!

Day 20, Another 2-mile run in the books!

2.5-mile run
2.5-mile run

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