good to feel the sweat!

So this afternoon saw me head out for my first run in a few weeks. My silly back is still playing up but I thought I'd take the body out for a test run. The Moonride is less than two weeks away and the SBS marathon is at the end of the month. Its pretty certain that I won't be running the full marathon and I'm feeling a bit despondent about that - but have no one to blame but myself.

So I figured instead of sitting around the house feeling sorry for myself I'd take the frustration out on the road. It felt great...at the end of the 6km run. After about the first 1km I was thinking the couch was sounding like a great option. But I remembered the story Danielle Strickland shared about the rock and roll marathon and finishing the race, so I imagined myself running past live bands cheering me on and marines yelling at me not to give up....and it was great. When I arrived at home I felt I had more energy than when I started the run (go figure!)

So I am planning to run each day for the next 4 weeks and I want to build myself up to being able to do a good time for the 1/2 marathon at the end of May. Progress is slow but I'm making progress all the same.