#run done

Somewhat optimistically, I wore my sunglass on my long run this morning. There was very little sunshine along the way in fact at some places in the forest my dark glasses made it hard to see the trail. I had a good run with just one tiny complaint from my troublesome right knee. I had it taped which I think helped. My Garmin is right though, I am really exhausted and just hanging out for the holiday break. Two weeks and counting down, man I need a break.

I ran happy today, around the neighbourhood in warm, YES warm conditions. A gentle six K to ease into the weekend.

What a scorcher of a day. It reached 35 degrees this afternoon. We had very blustery nor-west winds. The temperature had dropped to 26 by run o'clock and the wind had dropped a tiny bit. I carried water even though we were only running 7km. I did lots of foam roller once I had cooled down a bit and while we watched the news. NZ has been pummelled by tropical cyclone Fehi today. There has been flooding, wind, rain and fire all in one afternoon stretching the length of the country.

Life will offer you easy excuses but we're strong enough not to take them. Case in point just because I left all my exercise clothes back at school doesn't mean I can't improvise. Now time to do my new favorite exercise "fork put-downs" lol but in all seriousness if your body is craving something you should probably eat it unless it's chocolate or chips or chocolate chips then you should probably stay away. Instead te y plain salt with craisins/raisins and your favorite vegetable (I know crazy right, vegetables) Fitspiration: Day one is over as is the downhill slope. 'Tis an uphill battle but ya gotta want it!

I was trying to fit a lot into my day today. As always I was determined to get my run in. These two factors resulted in a fast run, well fast for me anyway. I started out fast because I was late out the door and I sped up because I was frozen and then because I knew Hubby was waiting. We had to stop and collect a car on the way home then we both got stuck in traffic. Thankfully Daughter arrived home at her usual time and had cooked a yummy dinner for all of us .

Had to stop running after 1.5 miles because I started choking on my water and couldn't catch my breath. Has that happened to anyone else?