#runwithruby

Okay, great news. We've done the 5:15am wake up and run EVERYDAY since we started on Tuesday! I'm amazed. Especially because I got an unexpected womanly visitor this week. Husband and I have actually felt great going to bed at 10 and waking up early. Our eating habits could still use some work, but the running is going well. At this stage in the beginner training it's a lot of running and walking mixed. It's surprising how easy it is for me in this low altitude, vs Idaho where running feels like a workout for your breathing more than anything else. Overall I'm super glad we're keeping it going and happy to be getting back in the swing of it. 

So this is what 5:30am looks like...

We did it. 5:15 the alarm went off. I hit snooze but husband rolled out of bed, so I followed. It was awesome to be out getting a head start on the day! It started dark as night, but by the time we got home it was daylight. Such a good feeling. I'm running with the Nike Running app because I love how it builds up my skills. Today was 1.5 miles, rotating between running and walking every minute. It felt great! Even better than that is the fact that the elevation is much lower here than in Idaho so I could actually breathe! Now I'm sure in 4 hours I'll be in desperate need of a nap, but until then I'm going to enjoy this high.

Recharging my body with a good 7.5 hours of sleep and then it's off to a fresh start bright and early! I realize I'll be exhausted for the first few weeks, but I'll eventually get used to it and then it will be glorious. Until then, I'll drink Diet Cokes daily.

Remember how I used to run and stuff? Well, I have spent a while on the coach and decided to go at it once again. Now that we live in beautiful Southern California, I have no excuse to not get healthy! There's health food galore around me and sunny warm weather to keep me company. Here's to starting over!

Willie Nelson

Running hasn't happened in a while with our trip home and everything. I'm bummed but I'm hoping to get back into the routine. It's so hard once you fall behind! Hoping husband will go with me tonight and I'm going to try to push myself!! The 5k is in 2 weeks!!

This is not a great week for running. We got stranded in Utah and didn't get home til late Monday. Now I'm thrown completely off. And we're leaving tomorrow night for Utah, then California til Monday. So although my training will probably take a backseat until next week, I still plan on getting at least a mile in today and tomorrow. Seeing how fast I can run it. With all the stress of the week it should be pretty dang fast. This is real life and every week is not going to be easy! Just gotta push through.