Week Two, Day One; A Day At The Beach

We took yesterday off, as planned. The Man felt great today, though, so off we went to do our run.

Instead of going to The Lake, The Man suggested that we drive down to the beach instead. Now, in case you didn’t know, I love… and I mean LOVE… the beach. So of course I was all over that!

We stopped at the gas station to get a bottle of water, but other than that, it was a pretty straight shot. We also took our eldest kid with us, Son One, who is twenty. Son One is in FABULOUS shape, and goes running with regularity, so he pretty much took off on his own once we got down there. I’m not even going to pretend that we could keep up with him!

We stretched, and off we went.

Now, running on the beach is awesome. A few years ago, I decided to try running, and for a week or so, did that. However, because I despised running back then as well, and because I didn’t have anyone with me, I (obviously) wound up quitting. The thing is, though, I loved doing it on the beach. It’s hands down one of my absolute favorite places EVER, so this morning I was quite happy to run there.

Still not a fan of the running, but loved where we were at.

As to the actual running part of it, I am seeing improvement. I’m recovering faster during our walk portion, and I have more energy at the end. Even though we ran the whole thing, I had it in me to do a little more right there at the end. I still don’t like it all that much, but it’s becoming easier to do. I think I’m going to really dig it once I get over this whole “this hurts, it sucks!” phase.

Time will tell!

In other news, my stomach is shrinking. Already. Weird!

The Man is doing excellent. He has embraced this whole running business whole heartedly, and seriously, if it weren’t for him, I probably would have given up already.

And this is, as they say, that!

Peace.