I stayed up til almost 3a.m. last night. The chances of me getting up for that early morning long run were not good. The chances of continuing to screw up my sleep schedule by sleeping til noon were looking possible.
7a.m. the alarm started going off. I felt hungover from the 4 hrs of sleep. I hit the snooze and turned over. Husband said good-bye to me about 7:40a.m. I still wasn't moving.
8a.m. finally I awake, that extra hour in half asleep land helped, but I turned on the tv for the weather and got sucked into "Center Stage" instead. I tried to bargain with myself - maybe I can go tomorrow morning instead. I checked out the 10 day forecast.... no end in sight for the 90 degree weather. This means that if I keep putting it off because of weather, I will never do it. So 10a.m. was the goal to leave the house. I had decided on where I was going to go to run, a mostly shady path around a lake here in my burb.
So with the temps hitting 85 (at 10a.m.), my water bottle belt, phone and headphones, I went to that lake and started running. To my dismay, I was not able to do the full 5 miles. But I did manage to hang on for about 4.6. I went faster than I felt I was going. The heat and humidity had me feeling like I was practically walking.
With every step, my mind went back to last year when I wound up laying on a park bench dizzy, almost vomiting and had to decide whether to walk/jog the last mile and half home or call to be picked up. (this is why I'm very gun-shy about running in the heat, you would be too!)
Luckily I did not end up in that situation. The water belt was one of the best things I bought and saved me today for sure. It feels good to have my long run done. I think tonight I will have no problem falling asleep after my lack of sleep last night.
Week 2 starts with hopefully a 6:30a.m. Vinyasa 1 class and then a massage at 9a.m (both courtesy of Groupon!).
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