Losing Limbs or Workout #8 for June

Ah, the last day of school! It is a time of excitement and anticipation! And the start of how my running schedule is going to get interesting...

After Bear left on the school bus, Lambie, whose last day was yesterday, was still sleeping. Excuses filled my mind of why I didn't need to run today, but I realized that tomorrow I would be more bummed that I didn't do it today.

I got her up, and she was happy to oblige. It took super duper forever long to get her ready, but it worked out. She decided to ride Bear's bike (his has training wheels, hers does not, and I didn't want her riding 2 miles without training wheels since she's still not a pro...), which was pretty dirty from a winter of not riding. We cleaned it up, and off we went.

It went GREAT. She kept a good pedaling pace while I did my warmup walk, and first run. Oh yeah, I was running 4.3 again, so 4.6 haha, or the second week of running week 4 of Couch to 5k. We had our mini walk break, long run up the incline (success!), and at the start of the second walk break, her pedal fell off! I was afraid of losing momentum, but I considered this fell under the category of Break Something, for my rules to stop. While I'm glad it wasn't a bone, I didn't have tools with me. I put the pedal on the best I could. We walked the remaining time, ran the third run, and despite my fervent prayers (just kidding) that the other pedal would fall off mid-run, it fell off just after the third run. Oy vey. Run four, the final long run was HARD, but I did it, motivated to keep up with my bicycling daughter. And it ended just in time for one of the training wheels to fall off! How many ways can you spell "tune up"?

I attached it the best I could and even got a "Good job, Mama!" from a passing older lady who flashed me a knowing smile.

I did 4.3! I finally FINALLY did it! It was NOT easy. AT ALL. Everything hurt. Heck, it's 10:30pm, and everything still hurts. I decided that even though I'm not confident with the run, I'm going to move on to 5.1. There's no reason why I shouldn't. So Monday...

Later today I got some kudos from JN who must have smelled me from across the school parking lot, when she *knew* I had gone running today. She introduced me to someone who was also doing Couch to 5k, and said she was having an easy time so far. I'm genuinely glad for her... but that's not me. I kind of wish it was easy... but I feel so much success at finishing off each week, even each day, because it IS hard, that the feeling of accomplishment keeps me going. I want that every time I run.

Today's motivation? I'm telling you, my reasons are silly... But I need to have my reasons.

Maria Sharapova's French Open outfit. First I must play tennis. Which means First-er I need to be able to be agile on a tennis court.

Another motivation I had today is that I want my kids to remember me as fit, not fat. And frankly, I know they will remember this time in their lives, when I worked out every day to get my body back. I want to be a good example.