Making Deals

Somehow I was able to run 5 miles this morning with the Road Runners. Yay!!!! I am so happy.  Don't get me wrong, it was hard, but somehow I was able to keep going.

We started at Capitol Hill and headed to Georgetown.  As we looped back all I wanted to do was stop and start walk/running.

I was a bit tired --- probably just feeling lazy from not running much --- and at times felt mentally weak. I decided to use my old trick of making deals with myself --- "if I keep running and get to that street then I'll let myself walk" or "just get to that next spot and if I'm still tired I'll walk."

Somehow the tricks and being pushed by the girls kept me going.

Yay! Now...I just need to keep pushing a bit on the run portion of my training, as well as continuing to strengthen my hip muscles.