A Simple Walk to Listen

I love the idea of 5MileFriday.  However, I have had a really hard time getting out of bed, three days a week.  These days I want nothing more than to snuggle next to my love.  I can't seem to drag myself out of bed on these days.  It was such a perfect morning for running though.  I loved being able to make coffee and be slow and not care about getting into gear.

With this kind of attitude, it's not wonder that I didn't make it to 5MileFriday.  I had intended to wake up my love, instead, I took my little for a walk.  She has been a great kid and I hope that she continues to be this amazing in life.  I hope for great things for her.  I think it's cool that she has agreed to do a 5k with me.  I hope that we have a good time, it will be her first time in a race.  I told her that my mom would walk with her, I hope she can keep up with my mom.

We went for a little walk tonight because I really didn't want to waste the day away.  I had taken a day on purpose off this week, which, it felt good. But I want to hit my 1000 miles this year.  I have singed up to do 100 miles next month.  That scares me to death.  I hope that I can do it.  We were able to talk for the whole time, she has a lot more things to deal with than what I had when I was her age.  She was very chattery and I loved being able to talk to her.  We held hands and I love this child so much! I love that she feels good to talk to me.  We only did a little over a mile, but, it was a great time.

Tomorrow we will do a short hike, and then Sunday, I will be doing a long hike with the family.  I am fairly excited about both of these days.  For now, it's time to get to bed so I have enough energy to get myself going.  Good night.

Happy Running All~




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