Monday was the first day back to school. I met 17 new students that I will grow to love over the next 9-10 months. I was initially supposed to have 21 students, but some of them transferred and just made the school aware recently so I currently have only 17 students. This means I will most likely be getting the next 3 new students moving in. So far the school year is off to a good start. The students (for the most part) seem excited to be back at school and excited for the year ahead. The first few weeks are difficult as I adjust to being on my feet all day and relearn to balance family, friends, work and exercise. After running my 11 miles on Sunday, I ran 3.5 miles on Monday and 3.5 miles on Wednesday (today). On Monday the weather stayed cool enough that I was able to run in the evening. I ran after dinner, which caused a little bit of cramping in my stomach. I started off at a decent pace, but slowed down the last mile and a half. My legs felt very heavy and tired on my runs Monday and today. I think between the longer distances for my long run and just adjusting to being back at work full time, I am a little more tired than before. Maybe turning 40 has gotten to me..ha! Tuesday night instead of the full yoga workout, I just did some stretching, a few yoga moves, and some situps. Dave had a work party for us to attend, so by the time we got home for that I just wasn't up to 1.5 hours of yoga! Today I am not going to do the strength training that I usually add on to my Wednesday run. With the first week back at school, I need to pace myself so I can make it through the whole week with all the energy I need at school. This morning I ran at 5:49. This was early to go out and run. The sun wasn't even completely up. It was already getting humid that early in the day, so I am glad I didn't wait to run! Tomorrow I need to run 2 miles, so I will most likely get up and run early before work again. It is difficult to get up and make myself run so early in the day, but it is nice to have it over with. It is hard to think about having to come home and run after keeping up with second graders all day. I am happy that I have so far completed all of my distances even with starting school. I plan to complete a long run on Saturday this weekend of either 11 or 12 miles.
The best part of being back at school is the compliments I keep getting from people about how good I look. It makes me feel like all the hard work I have put into learning to eat healthy again, running, and other exercising has paid off. I know I feel better! I also especially enjoy when someone asks what I have been doing and/or let's me know that my progress has encouraged someone else to get healthier, too. We have just one life to live so we need to make it the best we can! Hopefully I can just keep running and getting stronger and healthier even as I go "over the hill". I told everyone at my birthday party that I wasn't over the hill, I was at the top of the hill. That's how I feel. I feel like I have been going on an uphill battle and I have finally made it to the top. I'm going to try to stay at the top as long as I can!
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