C25K – Week 5, Day 3

I did it. It’s done. I’m glad. I was really procrastinating on doing this 20 minute run and the weather sure wasn’t helping my motivation any. I meant to run on Saturday, but I woke up to an inch of snow on the ground. It’s only the middle of October! So, I refused to run. I’m just not ready for winter yet.

I told myself on Sunday that I would run. It was still cold, but most of the snow had disappeared. I got home from church, had cup of coffee, and surfed the net for a while. DH had gone mountain biking with a friend, so I was home alone. The eyelids were heavy and my pillow was calling. Yep, I crawled in for a long winters nap. Felt lovely. I had half a thought that I’d get up later and go running, but that didn’t last long. The nap felt way too good and so went Sunday.

So, this morning, I woke up to about four inches of snow and it was still coming down!! I have to admit, it was really pretty, but not exactly what I was looking for yet. I was kinda bummed, because I really wanted to get that run over with. I thought about going to the gym, but that sounded like a pain. I decided I’d just get some housework done instead. Well, then the sun came out, and it stopped snowing. It looked absolutely gorgeous out there, so fine, I’ll go for a run. I bundled up and headed out – it was around 40 degrees. Of course, that sun disappeared as soon as I got out there, but oh well, it wasn’t too bad out in the end.

The run went fine, wasn’t easy by any means though. I had to convince myself to keep going lots of times. I had that weird pain, almost like nerve pain, in my hip, going down my right leg again. It doesn’t hurt once I stop running, so that’s good at least. Almost feels like my leg is going numb when I run. I’ll have to run that by the chiropractor. But I made it. I ran the whole 20 minutes!! I got almost to the mile mark when I turned around at 10 minutes, and then almost made it back to the start at 20 minutes.