Let's play catch up!

Hey Fellow Couch Potatoes and/or Fellow Athlete Wannabees!

It has been 6 weeks since my last post, and I apologize for my lack of writing.  It just seems it has been one thing after another.  So, let's talk about my running progress.  Well, it has been pretty much null and void!  As you may remember, I developed bronchitis at the beginning of July and didn't run for over a week.  Just as I left better and started running again, the weather took a nasty turn.  The heat became unbearable.  I'm sorry, but I am not a true athlete.  I am a middle aged, overweight woman who will not subject herself to running in such brutal weather conditions.  Nor will I get up at the unbelievable hour of 5 a.m. to run!   I like my sleep way more than any type of physical activity!  Then just as the weather was about to break, I developed an intestinal virus that last 10 days!  Now, I never get sick.  Sure I have the occasional day when I don't feel good, but I don't get down and out.  Until this summer, I hadn't been sick with the flu since 1997!  I have my theories for this, but it is a post of my other blog.  So, hence, I hadn't run in over 3 weeks.

I started back on Monday, August 8.  I decided to start the program over.  So, I started with Week 1, Day 1 which was a combination of run 60 seconds, then walk 90 seconds.  I'm happy to report that I completed it with no problems!  I was surprised!  I was sure I would struggle somewhere.  But the lungs were good, the stomach was good.  The only thing that revolted was my hips.  Like Shakira, my hips don't lie either and they were hurting all day on Monday!  I ran again this morning and had great success as well.  It really helped that the temperatures were cool and the humidity to a minimum.

I did notice that my 5K playlist is getting boring!  It's the same 15 songs over and over.  If you any of you have any suggestions of song titles, I would love hear them.  I mostly listen to sports radio talk shows.  (The Fan 97.1)  Why?  I have no flipping idea!!  But I can tell you everything you need to know about Terrell Pryor, the NBA and NFL lock outs, drafts and trades, etc.  So, I am not up to date on current music and need some help!

That's it for today!  I have so much to do to get ready for school.  I promise to stay in touch with more consistency.  To my fellow 5K runners, please don't give up.  We are in this together and we will conquer!

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