Endorphins, come back!

Today, I actually laid on the floor, flat on my back, staring at the ceiling, contemplating how sore I already was. Let's rewind--I was running behind this morning and missed the beginning 2 minutes of Cardio Bootcamp..so I thought..today is the day I will confront my hatred of the treadmill. Now or never.

I did about 40 minutes of arm exercises ( note..doing cardio is much better after weights ) and trudged unhappily to the treadmill. I tightened my ipod armband, turned up my music, and dedicated myself to a 1 hour alternating hill run. After the first 20 minutes, I was thinking...this incline is getting out of control. At 30 minutes I started thinking about how I could cheat (as I eyed the woman next to me getting on and off to 'fill her water bottle' wink wink) and then decided,

"If you give yourself the option to walk now, you'll want to walk when you're running 26 miles. Shut up."

It's all mental. My body is ready. My mind..like an ADD kid who ate too much sugar. So as I battled my inner angel and devil work out counterparts, I put it back to my favorite uppity music and pushed on through. The last 10 minutes, I upped my pace and sprinted through with the help of Rob Zombie. It's all about the music for me, but after you finish that initial wall--you're golden. I felt like I could run for-ev-er. As I finished my 5 minute cool down, 710 calories later, I stepped down, went over to the ab mat to stretch..and found myself laying there. Just laying. It occurred to me at that moment that 1 hour on the tread mill will be my easiest run from now on (maybe without the personal trainer hill program..killed me.). I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. You have to laugh, somehow, after an hour of really hard spinning, i'm like the energrizer bunny, an hour on the tread mill..my soul got sucked out of me and I laid there lifeless.

Can it cool down already? Running outdoors is so much better and easier.

Never fear, I eventually peeled myself off the floor and crawled over to do my decline bench abs with a 25 lb weight..then stopped to look at the class schedule..tomorrow..I'm subjecting myself to 2 spinning classes in a row..8:15-10:30 will be spinning. I wince at the thought. They are so hard. But forget it, I just think after each work-out the next one will be easier.



Today's meals:

breakfast
1/2 cup of cottage cheese with 1 banana and strawberries
coffee with skim milk..(pointless addition by the way)

post work-out snack
can of tomato soup (I was desperate)

Running is the only sport that actually makes you lose your appetite, so don't worry I'll find some fruit to eat with water later. So.......excited haha.



ps here are some of my current running songs...

and also.."love drunk" by boys like girls