My Head Wants to Give Up (Win)

The alarm went off at 05:19 and it was really tough trying to get out of bed.  I think I will move it back to my previous time of 05:25.  I was out the door at the same time, and stayed in bed for a few minutes. It was a beautiful run this morning. Week Two, Day Three was tough.  One more attempt at the gym this afternoon and then I am moving on to Week Three.  Trying to fit an 8 week program into five weeks is going to be difficult--but the pay off will be awesome.  I'll love running the Firehose FunRun 5K at YMCAS on June 8th.

Time/Weather:
     I was out the door by 05:45 this morning. It was cloudy and cool. Clean, crisp air is great to run in!  The temperature from my phone's weather app said it was 62*F.  For weather, I use the wunderground.com app (it is FREE!).  I love it.  I always use Wunderground on my computer to check the weather at school.

What Didn't Work:
     This morning my ipod wasn't working.  The battery was getting low on Monday at the gym and I forgot to plug it in to charge is.  I am so used to having that ipod on the iHome in the kitchen or the dock in my bedroom that I don't have to remember to charge it.  Luckily I was able to use my phone to run both the C25K app and Endomondo.  I just didn't have any music to listen to.
     Again, with the pants... It seems I have one dud pair of compression capris and I wore them again this morning.  They were better than last time, but still a little uncomfortable.  I just didn't let it get to me as much this morning as I had the last time I wore them.  I guess I will have to save them for walking days!

What Worked:
     Not having music kind of worked this morning.  It was nice to be in my head a little bit.  I didn't think about getting a new student in my class, or about testing next week, or about what we are going to do in class for a Mother's Day Project, or anything.  I just kept thinking about continuing on!  Thinking about running. Thinking about keeping my back upright instead of hunched over a little.  Thinking about how my shins were feeling much better than they did last week without the KT Tape.  Thinking about running at the gym tonight with my mom.  Thinking about the Firehose FunRun. Thinking about the ducks flying, the cat hiding in the grass, and the doves walking around in the yards. It was a nice run!
     Removed the KT Tape last night after four days.  The edges were peeling quite badly where the top of my socks are.  It was easier than pulling off a band-aid.  The tape came off cleanly and easily.  I removed it before taking a shower so that I could scrub my legs if any residue was left--which there wasn't!

Motivation:
     Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming, swimming!  Ha ha ha.  I wasn't swimming this morning, but it popped into my head a few times when I was pushing my body to go on when my brain wanted me to stop.