2 birds with one stone....

I forgot to post yesterday, but I was thankful children who are good sports. They had time trials at their swim practice and Max and Isabel cheered for everybody. They were the loudest ones out there. I felt so proud of them for working hard, but also for encouraging their friends. It is times like that when I realize that I am doing my job.

Today I am going get my thankful and training post all at once. I am thankful for a good workout. It is amazing how it can really turn your day around. Today was one of those days. I wasn't having a bad morning, but did feel rather unmotivated. I had a 5 mile tempo workout scheduled for today, and wasn't all that excited about it. It was kind of cold and very muddy. I usually don't pay attention to speed or tempo workouts; I usually just run. But, today I decided to give it a try. I was to warm up a mile, run 3 mi. @ 9:37 and cool down a mile. I got my warm up in right at 10 min. and then averaged 8:53 for my 3 miles! My cool down was right at 10 minutes also. It felt so good. I felt accomplished and realized that I do better when I push myself. The rest of the day had been great! Granted I have had a pretty lazy day, but because of my run I felt good about my lazy day ;>)