Running 800's with a Yorkie is not a good idea ;)

NOTE: found this as a draft from back in June!! Thought I would post it now anyway. 

My little guy, Captain Awesome

So here is my work out from yesterday:
800m Run x 4 with a 4min rest in between each run. For time.

My results were as follows:
5:36
4:22
4:17
3:56

I ran this first 800m with my dog, a Yorkie named Captain Awesome. he doesn't like to run :) I think he knew I needed a slower pace out the gate to get my legs under me! Thanks CA!!  My second run felt surprisingly ok.  Let me state that at 175lbs, my body hates running! I used to love the feeling of freedom in hitting the road with long powerful strides while my mind took off to comfortable relaxing places and my body instinctually moved.  Now I have a slower than snails pace with short choppy strides. I breathe like I imagine a rutting pig would and since I forgot my music I was forced to listen to it! Gah!! I have had a continuous battle with my shorts crawling up my inner thighs exposing me so every 5th stride is a slight leg kick out to the side to release the shorts from the trapping of my thighs.  Its a weird bizarre looking gait I'm sure. I hope it looks like I'm happily skipping along and doesn't look like the tragic struggle it really is!  Last week I went out and bought a pair of tight "yoga material" shorts with the intention of finding a short that wouldn't creep up..... it worked and freed my mind to focus on running, not on feeling exposed. Anyway, back to running: the third run was tough but I shocked myself by improving on the time again. Sooooo for my 4th run I set out to crack the 4 min mark.  I almost quit half way through!! This moment of desperate desire to quit but not giving in is what brings me to my choice of topic today.

Getting your mind healthy and believing you are capable and worth it!!

I am now 8 weeks into this latest commitment to physical activity.  Starting and stopping has been a constant  5 year struggle.  I always do too much too soon and end up injured or waaaaay too sore.  This go around I have my husband training me and taking the tough choice of how to scale my WOD's (workout of the day) out of my hands.  Even trainers need trainers.