Persistence (Week 4 Day 2)

"Never let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do."

Wow, not sure what happened last night but I woke up so tired and my legs were just dead. Regardless, I knew I had to go run... giving up one day makes it too easy to give up the next day.

The 5-minute warm-up walk went well, and the first 3 minute run breezed by pretty quickly. After that though... I knew I was in trouble. The first 5-minute run interval was rough... I tried to talk myself into quitting about halfway through it but pushed through and finished the full 5-minutes.

The second 3rd minute run interval was soooo hard, and at the end of it I almost gave up for the day and went home. Thankfully, at that time, "Big Pimpin" by Jay-Z came on the iPod and motivated me to at least walk out the remaining time.

I just didn't have the last 5 minute run in me... my legs were dead today, I was physically exhausted going in and knew if I pushed too hard I was going to hurt something because I could feel my running form being altered by the soreness in my legs.

I know I'm entitled to bad days, and I'm not disheartened by it. I'm going to take an extra rest day tomorrow and not go to the gym at all. I plan on absolutely smashing W4D3 on Friday.

Side note: To the exceptionally beautiful girl who was on the elliptical when I went into the cardio room... Hi! :-)