Twosies

Monday cross-training consisted of a 2.75 mile walk. All day long I felt like crap. I was tired, dizzy when I got up, and my chest felt heavy. I tried to take it easy, but there was stuff to do.

After watching a few Game of Thrones episodes, I figured since I wasn't feeling better, moving around might help. So a 2.75 mile walk got me moving and the blood flowing. I still felt like I had little energy, but it was better than sitting around. Not sure if it is acclimating to the heat we had or something else.

Today I was looking forward to a nice morning run. I slept horribly and it was hard to wake up. But I went anyway, thinking it would all shake out after a bit and I'd wake up. A storm was approaching and I was barely jogging, so I decided to turn around. The approaching storm actually did put a bit of a kick into my steps :)  I didn't want the shoes I was wearing to be soaked in a downpour. I finished the two miles and walked a bit to cool down.

I'm trying to be consistent. I know some people say those 2 miles I ran would be "junk" miles since they weren't much of a workout. But I burned calories, got my heart rate up for 20 minutes and partook in what I'd like to be my morning routine involving running, so I think it was very valuable even if I didn't grow any muscles :)