Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Happy Anniversary!

What a beautiful day!  We are celebrating our 19th anniversary today.  We got to sleep in.  Yes, our four children slept in so we got to sleep in!  It rained early this morning so we didn't feel compelled to get out of bed.  We let our bodies wake us up.  :)

We went out for an easy 5 miles, the Ethanol Loop backwards.  I feel like we have been in a rut running the same path for months now.  Never much more, never less.  We run to be together.  We run to release stress.  We run just to run.  It's routine.  sort of.  I feel like Grug, the dad in the Croogs, "Different is bad." Today I wanted to run it backwards for a new path.  Let's mix it up.

I think it worked.  We didn't talk about stressors, we didn't talk about school, about life, about nothing that bothers us.  We just spent time together.  Year 19 has been a stressful year to no exaggeration, the most trying we have had yet in our lives.  Maybe today starts a better year for us, a new stage for success!

Cheers to a fit mind and body!

Temperature: 70 degrees
Weather: scattered clouds, winds SW 8
Motivation level: 9
Energy level: 9
Today's Quote: "Runners come to appreciate early in their running careers that a fit body won't travel very far if there isn't a fit mind traveling along with it."

today's mileage: 5 miles running; 8 mile walking
weekly mileage: 5 miles running; 8 mile walking
monthly mileage: 9 miles running; 34 miles walking; 11 miles riding; 1650m swimming
annual mileage: 139 miles running; 208 miles walking; 53 miles riding; 1.03125 miles swimming
TOTAL mileage: 395 miles

1 comment:

  1. Exercise is a great stress relief!! Keep it up and here's to a great new year!!

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