Well, 10 days have passed since my eye surgery and 6 weeks have passed since Katy’s last heartworm treatment so I took Katy on her first run today. She did really well for her 1st time. I could tell that she got more tired toward the end because she wasn’t pulling me along anymore. She didn’t stop to smell anything while we were running, which was really good. She did get distracted and excited about some other dogs but other than that, she behaved. Good girl Katy!
For me, the run was decent. I was definitely running faster than I normally do, considering that I finished the 3 miles at a 11:30 pace and I probably walked about 3/4 mile or so (I did run/walk intervals so that Katy’s little heart wouldn’t explode, in case she’s not as in shape as I think she is). But I was running faster because I knew I could push myself before my walking breaks.
Speaking of walking, Travis and I are for sure going to walk the Turkey Trot next week with my parents instead of running it. I’m a little disappointed but it will be fun to be with my parents and I’m excited for them to experience a race like that. Maybe it will give them the fitness bug!
It felt good to get outside and run again today. Now the struggle is finding the motivation to get up and run outside in the mornings when it’s cold outside. I really need to buy some cold weather running tights. The ones I have right now are just Nike DriFit ones–great for days when it’s 40-50 degrees outside but not great for 20-35 degrees, which is what it has been in the mornings here lately.
But I’ve been thinking that I’ll plan to run outside with Katy Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sat and then do weights/yoga/pilates on Tues and Thurs. Rest Sunday. We’ll see!! It has been like pulling teeth to get me out of bed in the morning recently so I’m not holding my breath. Last year at this time, I was consistently working out in the morning 4 or 5 days a week. But I was also going to an aerobics class that was only held 2 days a week at 5:30 AM so that was motivation to get my arse out of bed and not miss the class. I don’t have any desire to get back into group aerobics right now though so that plan isn’t going to work right now.
Any tricks you have to get out of bed in the morning to exercise?




