Training Highs and Lows

If there is one thing I have learned on this adventure, it is that some days you feel like you can conquer the world and other days not so much. Luckily, this past Saturday was one of those "I can do this" kind of days. Still, that's not to say it was all puppies and rainbows. So, to honor that up and down journey, here are three things I'm proud of from my morning run/walk and three things of which I'm not so proud.

Three Things I'm Proud of:

1. I once again clocked around a 13-minute mile. Not bad considering 9 months ago I could barely walk 1 mile in about an hour.
2. That I didn't say what I wanted to say to the kid who yelled, "Run faster, old lady" at me.
3. I managed to film a video and didn't fall or run into anything. Unfortunately, I also manged to film it sideways and can't seem to figure out how to turn it or get any sound. Technology fail.

 Three Things I'm Not So Proud of:

1. Running on cool, autumn mornings will make your nose run. Bring a Kleenex or else you will end up wiping your nose on your husband's sweatshirt--that he just washed and you snagged out of the dryer--like you always tell your kids not to.
2. When I read the walk/run/walk training program for the Princess Half Marathon and they suggested developing a mantra to carry you through the runs, I'm pretty sure they meant something more inspiring than, "I'm going to die" or "God help me" as I was doing today.
3. I spit in someone's yard. In my defense, it was a good spit, not one of those that doesn't make it all the way out of your mouth and hits your chin, leaving you to wipe it with your sweatshirt that you just wiped your nose with.

Overall, though, I'm just proud that I'm actually doing this--despite the highs and lows.