Running With Cough Drops

Ran 2.05 miles

Today was my first run since I started getting sick. I had planned on meeting up with a woman from the Mom's Run This Town running group yesterday, but had to cancel due to getting no sleep. We decided to reschedule for this morning.. 

I went to bed early last night, but had a hard time falling asleep.. The alarm went off at 5 am and I BRIEFLY contemplated cancelling - I hate mornings!! But I decided to put on my big girl pants and get out of bed. I'm still not 100% better, but I knew that I could probably muddle through a run. 

I ended up taking Sully with me.. I think he thought I was crazy.. I can't even remember the last time that I was up in the car at 5:45. The run felt pretty good. It's always nice to run with somebody else, it makes me forget about the time and just enjoy the company. I had to run with cough drops the whole time and stopped twice to walk for a minute, but other than that - I was proud of my first run since I got sick last week. We ran the first mile non stop, a 12:23 mile. The second mile was mostly running with two short walking breaks. It felt great to be back out there after a week of not running. I am not planning to start back immediately with the run every day challenge until I'm feeling better. In the meantime, I'm just going to run when I feel up to it. I have a 5.6 mile race on Sunday and I want to make sure that I don't overdo it before then. 

Shockingly, I really enjoyed running @ 6 am.. This comes as a surprise to  me because I REALLY love my sleep - like, sleep until after 9 am every day. I loved that there weren't that many people out and about and that I got my workout done and still had my whole day ahead of me.. I do have to admit that I got home at 7:15 and immediately went back to bed for 2 hours. I'm sure that I won't be jumping out out of bed every day at 6 am - but I am looking forward to future running meet-ups that may possibly be at this early hour :)

Till the next run..