Struggles and Inspiration
I haven’t been having great runs in the past week. The weather’s been crappy; my back is sore; and I’m still fighting this nagging cough. It’s hard to get out of bed early in the morning. I tried running on my lunch break on Tuesday (since we have a shower in the building), but North Sydney is HILLY and I felt stupid having wet hair all afternoon. I’m just not feeling a lot of excitement about my training right now. I guess I’m still in my post-Big Race depression period. That said, I got a big boost talking to my Mom the other night. Not only did Joe run a 5K recently, but the whole family did the Sunburst Fitness 5K Walk last weekend. How awesome is that? Mom also mentioned that she’s on Week 2 of the Couch to 5K podcasts, with a goal of running her own 5K later this summer. Isn’t that fantastic? I’m so proud of them, and I’m humbled to think that I might have been part of their inspiration.

Last night I registered myself and the Snook for our third consecutive City 2 Surf. I wanted to get in early so we don’t have to start in the Back of the Pack. My goal is to break 100 minutes this year, so avoiding the gorillas, baby strollers, and budgie smugglers should help with that. Now I just have to get excited about training again…