Takin' It Outside!

As if I didn't already respect you two ladies for running outside, now I have NO idea why you haven't decided to kill me for suggesting we do this. I just got back from my final run of the week (thank God), and my first ever outdoor run. Holy crap it was HORRIBLE! My lungs were burning, my nose was running, my hands were freezing, and I seriously thought I was going to fall down and die at any moment. I'm guessing it was a combination of things that made today worse than the others. First off, I did a Monday, Wednesday, Saturday schedule this week. The stretch from Wednesday may have taken its toll, although I did go to yoga on Thursday, so it's not like I was completely sedentary since then. Secondly, my brilliant revelation about the podcast being on my phone did not pan out. I got as far as the intro, and then it lost the connection. This made no sense to me, because my Pandora (internet radio) worked fine, so that's what I used. I might have to download the podcasts after all, because I think that I'd like to hear the voice of someone who survived the program while I do it.

I am so relieved and proud to have completed week 1! Although today was a really rough one, it was cool to be able to check off the third workout! Now, if only I can wrap my mind around running for longer than 60 seconds at a time...