SIX AM... That's 6 in the MORNING!

After getting back to town at 10:30 the night before and getting home from Walmart around 11, I should have been completely ready for a snooze fest; however, either the caffeine from the tea on the ride home or my excitement (anxiety) about running the next morning kept me awake too long. Way too long. I finally put myself to bed at 3:45 am. My alarm started going off at 5, but I didn't get up till 5:30.

Nickey and I made it to the Riverwalk at 6:00 am to meet Cecilia and Becky to run. Lo and behold, the cop showed up to the party! That's right, Abby was there. None of us knew she was going to show up, so it's a good thing we all did! I just thought the deputy (Cecilia) would be there and I knew I didn't want any part of her!  LOL

Cecilia and Becky were ahead of us and off they went. Nickey, Abby, Timber (Abby's dog) and I went our own pace. Nickey and I are just beginning this 5 Weeks to 5K thing and I'll just be honest here... I don't like to run. Never have. But I really do hope this will change that for me. For a while now, I've thought about being a runner. I don't know why. But running a 5K is on my bucket list (and it was before this journey, too). I also think it'd be cool to run the Nashville Marathon, but in all likelihood, I don't see that happening. Baby steps. We'll see.

I liked running with Abby because she could point out things with my form that I needed to correct. In my head, I think I know what I'm supposed to be doing, but getting my body to do what's in my head doesn't always work out so good.

Abby had the timer on us and I think we ran more than we were supposed to. I wished I had had some water because my mouth sure was needing something wet. But I don't think I've mastered carrying water while running yet. Besides, I think it would just slosh around and make me want to vomit.

I somehow finished my run and although I was whooped, in a way I felt very exhilarated. I was tired, but refreshed. How strange. We stopped at Kroger on the way home and I kept thinking to myself how wild it was that I had already exercised and was at the grocery store before I usually ever made it out of bed for work in the mornings!

The rest of day I was expecting to feel beat, because of my lack of sleep and my early morning exercise. But you know what? I just felt good.