Days 29-35 - Mind over Matter

Repeat of week 4 of my training schedule started of EXTREMELY rocky!  With New Years Eve, New Years, going back to work after maternity leave and my mother moving in with me to watch Enzo for the next 2 months....running was NOT on my mind.

On Saturday though I woke up and realized, I have 8 months until my marathon!  I decided to go ahead and do Saturday's workout which was a 35 minute fartlek...steady run with burst of speeds.  I decided to run for 5 minutes and and do a speed interval for 1 minute on the treadmill.

 On Sunday my week for schedule called for a 6 mile run yet I ended up doing 7 as penalty for not being able to run the past couple of day. (Actually week 4 did call for me to do 7 miles! So I did not suffer doing an extra mile)   Oh yeah I forgot to add that  a snow storm with bitter cold winds is running its course on the East Coast so I ended up doing my run on the treadmill.

I completed the 7 miles in hour and 17 minutes.  I felt great and was really able to unload a lot of my anxieties on the treadmill yesterday with leaving Enzo and heading back to work as the biggest tug on my heart and I am happy that I am back at work and providing for my family.

As I write this I am at work, I owe myself 3 miles today as I begin week 5.  This has so far been an incredible journey of training a I now balance being a first time mom, along with being a wife, working and being a daughter with my mom so close to me now.  I realize that my  mornings may need to now start at 4am....eeekkk!!!

Training is definitely tougher this time around yet I find sanctuary in running amongst the most difficult of times and I know that with continued consistency running will get easier and become more natural and I am hoping that finding the time to run will become easier as well as I set my mind over my matters and place running higher everyday on my priority list!

In transformation,

Yvonne