1.6 miles - 18.0 minutes

Training Day 3

After completing errands and doing some more yard work we ended up pushing our run out to the late afternoon. The weather was beautiful. The day was warm, which caused the breeze to be warm and the skies were blue, blue, blue, blue, blue!

We stepped up our game and ran 1.6 miles and came in at 18.0 minutes. The additional half mile included two hills, which cost us some extra time.

Today's run was tougher for Sherri due to her mental state of mind. Your mental state of mind plays a very big role in your daily fitness and health. For Sherri, it just seemed like she was having an exceptionally tough mental day in general. We are not sure if it was due to a restless night or what, but neither one of us wanted to hang around her.

Then during the run, when she hit that first hill, she didn't think she was going to make it. As a matter of fact, she thought she was going to toss her cookies and screamed out to Steve (as he was several paces ahead of her), "I don't think I am going to make it!". But amazingly, and by God's goodness, she made it!

At one point Steve thought she was going to have to stop and just walk the rest of the way home; but to his surprise, she just kept on going (not as fast as the energizer bunny though). Near the end of the run, when Steve said to "kick it into high gear", Sherri surprised him and ran right by him. (It was kind of hilarious actually.)

The only down side to the run today (besides Sherri's mental state), was that Sherri's hip flexors flared up. We are hoping this discomfort will go away before our next run, which is set for Monday morning.

Nevertheless, no matter how much pain we seem to put our bodies through, we always feel better for doing something: walking, jogging, running, yard work, cardio, aerobics, or whatever - anything is better than nothing!

So keep that in mind, especially, if your mind keeps telling you... we don't have to exercise today...we can put this off until tomorrow... etc., etc., etc.

So we ask you, what did you do today for you and your body? Hopefully, something.