Ragnar Training....um....I can't remember what day....

LOL!!! It's been crazy busy this week and I lost track of what day I'm on. I've been having a hard time getting running this week. Dreading every minute, hoping and wishing for a second chance to say "HECK, NO!" to running Ragnar. I had no idea if I could make it 7 miles!

However, Saturday morning I woke up about seven and couldn't get back to sleep, so I forced myself to get up and put on the running gear...telling myself the whole time that I hated running and what was I thinking saying yes to Ragnar!

I walked outside and it was the perfect temperature! It had just finished raining an hour or so before and it was a beautiful sight! Have I ever told you how much I love the house I'm living in now? The neighborhood has amazingly beautiful trees and you can hear all the birds singing...I just love the atmosphere! Anyways, it was an amazing morning and as I reached the end of the street and started my six mile trek, I once again was trying to convince myself that I could run 6 miles. "I can run six miles! I can run six miles. I can run....six miles. I can....run.....six....miles?

By the beginning of mile three I was once again questioning my sanity, but trying to focus on listening to the birds sing instead of the sound of my legs screaming at me to put them out of their misery...By mile 3.5 they stopped screaming and resigned themselves to going numb. It was quite the run, but 1 hour 20 minutes and 44 seconds later I had finished 6 whole miles. Walking back up the hill to the house was pure torture, but I made it and collapsed on the grass to stretch out my aching body, which--now that I had stopped running--was screaming at me to never again run that far!!! Too bad! We get to do it again next week!!! LOL!!! Hopefully I can get myself built up a little better in the 18 days and some odd hours I have until we start Ragnar....

I LOVE RUNNING!! (No really, I do...at least until I'm running....lol)