Day 1

Today was not my first training day because I started running in the beginning of May. However, today is the first day I will start to blog about my half marathon training and will most likely put some personal stuff in there as well:)

Ok, this morning I woke up at 5:30 and then immediately hit the snooze button. I opened my eye's to peak out the window and to my surprise it was still dark! As soon as I new it was not light out yet, I didn't feel bad for hitting the most wonderful but yet most tempting button I have in my house. As soon as it was 6:00, I was then ready to get up and run. I put on my running gear and headed out on the road with 10 new songs on my ipod. I was pumped! I felt some rain drops and wondered if I should even go but then I had to ask myself, " What Would Deena Do or (WWDD)?" Deena, who is an Olympic medalist in marathon running, would take the risk and fight through the rain. So I did!! I was so happy that I just went for it because throughout the run I didn't even feel a drop.

I haven't ran in the morning for about 9 months. A friend of mine at work gets up every day at 5:30 and I always wonder how she does it. She gets up, has her "me" time and then gets her boys up and ready for daycare. Come 7:00 she is childless and on her way to Curves. I asked her if it was difficult to get into the routine of waking up so early. I am most definitely a morning person but I can get really tired if I haven't had enough sleep. She advised me that it will take a little time to get used to but once I start working out in the morning, I will have lots of energy throughout the day. I went for it. This will be my first week as a morning runner, how neat does that sound?

I've got to get ready for the real world. The adult world of working and paying bills, gross!! Hopefully by the end of the day I'll have post my running schedule.

If there is anyone out there reading my blog, I thank you and wish for you a Happy Monday!!