I really love incorporating regular exercise into my life. I like how my clothes fit better. I have more patience and energy with my kids. I think good thoughts about myself. It's awesome. The one thing though that I don't like is how busy it makes our weekdays. I have to sacrifice some time with my boys in the afternoon in order to get a run in while it's still light outside (I'm so looking forward to the time change this weekend!). But overall it is worth it. I need to keep telling myself that when I'm tired from being out of the house for 12 hours or I'm feeling frazzled by the nonstop nature of my day from 4:45am until usually 7pm.
Tuesday I went to my favorite yoga class. I was disappointed though that my favorite teacher wasn't there and instead a substitute was teaching the class. She's a newly trained teacher and I didn't care for her style too much but it did feel good to open up my hips and stretch.
Wednesday I did hill repeats. I ran one mile to warm up and then headed to a hill that my students refer to as Little Mama. I ran up 3 times (needed to stop once in the middle where it levels out a bit) and down 3 times before running a mile back to my car. It felt good to get my heart rate up and feel my legs power through the repeats. I also was reminded why whenever I sign up for a run I usually pick a flat one. :-)
Today I plan on running after work. I'm not sure if I'll do an easy run or some type of tempo run. We'll see how my legs feel.
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