Tinkerbell Sleeps In!

There is a flashback scene in an old (very old) episode of FRIENDS in which Rachel has been stood up for a school dance. She is standing at the bottom of a flight of stairs crying, "He's not coming!"

That was me this morning at 5:30. Standing at the bottom of my driveway crying. "She's not coming!"

Ok, so it wasn't quite that dramatic but the fact remains- Tinkerbell stood me up!

However this wasn't such a bad thing as it brought me to a point of personal decision. You see on Monday morning I set my alarm for 5:00 intending to get up and run early by myself. Well, it doesn't take much to figure out what happened. Well, actually not much happened at all. Turned it off and slept for another hour and a half. The thought of running by myself in the dark was not appealing.

So....there I found myself this morning. In the dark, sleepy and at the point of decision. To sleep or to run was the question and I chose to run. Let me repeat.....I CHOSE TO RUN!

This was a big step for me. As Jill put it.. "It shows a lot of growth." I'm kind of proud of that. I ran 2 miles. Mostly. Walked a little. It had been 3 days since I had done anything and I was nervous I was going to take a big step back. But I did ok.

I would still much rather run with Tinkerbell, but I didn't hate the run this morning. So... thanks Jill for giving me a little boost this morning without even knowing it. And just remember....

I get one free pass now!

My Own Personal Tinkerbell

The other day I referred to my friend Jill as the angel on my shoulder encouraging me to run on! I have decided to amend that. I think she is my own personal Tinkerbell!

At 6:57 this morning my cell phone buzzed with a new text. Who was it you ask: Tinkerbell herself!

I wanted to give you time to mentally prep. We are adding the Madison HILLS loop tomorrow. We can walk some. Be Ready. 5:30!!!

Did you see that? Madison HILLS! It's called that for a reason. Because its full of HILLS !

Well there is no use arguing so I decided to prepare by going ahead and seeing how bad it is. And it was not quite so bad. It really is so encouraging to be able to see myself improve and be able to add distance. I really am finding that I can go longer and I feel better. I'm finding a groove when I'm running and am finally getting to the point of being able to think about things other than survival. It was 2.8 miles. By far the farthest I've gone. I did walk a few times but not for long. It was a beautiful fall morning with a cool breeze. I really enjoyed it.

I can't wait to show Jill what I can do tomorrow - at 5:30!

On a side note: My IPOD with its great running songs playlist was dead so I grabbed the 12 years old IPOD. How much is too much Toby Mac?

2.8 MILES!