Tuesdays are my “late” days at work – where I don’t have to go in until 11 AM. When the alarm went off this morning at 7:45 – I had 3 choices.
1 – Go back to sleep
2 – Go to the Social Security office to start the process of changing my last name
3 – Go for a run
I let the scale decide my fate. When I stepped on the scale – I knew what I had to do. RUN!
It doesn’t surprise me that the scale wasn’t very pretty this morning. Last night I went to a friends to catch up. We ordered the Isola Verda pizza from Mezzanotte – and it was sooooo yummy! I also drank 3 Skinny Dips. But it was great seeing friends and I made it home at a decent hour – so it was a success!
Anyway – back to this morning……..I got dressed and headed to the Y for a run. I was happy to see one of my favorite treadmills open – so I stepped on with high hopes. I started my run and a few minutes in I got a terrible pain in my side. Must be the granola bar I ate before the run. So I pressed on and ran 1 mile and decided to walk a lap. Then I ran another mile – and the pain was still there – so I walked another lap. Repeated again. All in all, I got 4 miles done in about 48 minutes. Sort of pathetic, as I’ve been trying to keep my miles at 10:00 or under – but I will not complain because I finished my goal and burned close to 600 calories. 
I’ve got a busy week ahead, so tonight I have a date with my couch.
Do you eat before a run? Does it give you a pain in the side? How can I avoid that next time?
I just got into running this year. LOVE it!!! Time to time I get cramps, but usually it’s because I’m forgetting to breath right.
Probably the case – I get easily distracted by the people watching in the gym!