My Journey With Health And Fitness – A Beautiful Day For A Run

I am on day 4 of using my 8lb weights and it is still tough. I know if I keep using them in a few weeks I will be increasing the reps but right now it is a bit hard to believe that will happen. Still, my arms are looking pretty toned and I know they can only improve.

Yesterday was coffee day and as always I did the short run to the coffee shop. After coffee it was time to test myself and see how much my endurance had improved. I did my usual calculate the number of blocks I wanted to go and off I went. I will say the frustrating part of this run is that due to construction the uptown area of my city has so many of the are sidewalks closed. This means I had to keep crossing a busy street in order to safely run. However, I still did it, 8 full km’s! I haven’t done that kind of run in a very long time.

This morning I checked the weather and it said that while it was going to be a bit chilly it was going to be sunny. I decided it was another good day for a run so on with my running vest and off I went. This was an awesome decision! My run along the beach today was absolutely exhilarating . There were tons of people walking and enjoying the sunshine. I saw dogs of every size imaginable having a nice time on the promenade. I got to smile and say hello to so many people. At one point I even ran into a friend who upped his speed while I slowed mine down so that we could get caught up while still moving. I admit that doing the hill at the end of the run is still a struggle but regardless, I did another 8.5 km run today and I really enjoyed it.

I’m getting more and more anxious for the weather to start getting even better so that I can completely ditch the treadmill. I am also looking forward to adding some hill training back into my workouts so that steep hill at the end of the run goes back to being less of a challenge. Funny, as I was doing my run today I just kept thinking, you’re back baby! Moreover, I want to stay this way.