I am not a runner. I enjoy most forms of exercise but I have never been very into running. The only time I ever feel inclined to run is when I feel really stressed out. I am usually wanting to run away from something that is going on in my life or wanting to run away from the negative feelings I have churning inside me from something stressful that happened during my day. Today was one of those days. I had a pretty terrible day at work and I left feeling really angry. I decided it would be a good day to skip Jillian and pay a visit to the treadmill instead.
The last time I ran was a couple weeks ago and that night I pushed myself to run a mile. Today I had enough anger to fuel a 3 mile run. I told myself before I started that I wasn't going to stop until I hit the three mile mark. Two miles in, I was surprised at how great I was feeling. I felt exhilarated and strong. The third mile flew by as I gave myself a mental pep talk about making tomorrow a better today and moving past my negative feelings about work.
My legs were a little wobbly as I walked through the parking lot back to my car, but I felt really accomplished. I just ran a 5k in under 30 minutes!
I managed to make it through book club without eating anything and I skipped happy hour trivia tonight in favor of hitting up the treadmill. I did slip up and eat a piece of chocolate cake because the Costco reps were at work today and Costco cake is ssssoooooo yummy.... Oh well. All I had for dinner was a bowl of cereal and skim milk. I figure I blasted about 400 calories on my run so I don't think the cake set me back too far. 26 days to go!
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