It's next week

Week two and what's a boy to do?

The excuses mounted in my pea brain all day long.  I wasn't even home and I could hear that devil on my shoulder tell me all the reasons I needed not to get out today. It's cold dude.  You a can go tomorrow before the snow because you can't go out in the storm that's coming. You need to stop and listen to your wife tell you about her appointment today, that will take time a then it will be too late go.

I came home changed without thinking it out too much. Do I have the correct layers on, wool socks and gloves. Go now and get started,. It was a little tough, my heel hurts right now but I feel that "good tired" inside. 4.6 miles this afternoon.

Yesterday I joined a challenge from http://www.mapmyrun.com/  listed as the 30 in 30 Challenge, simply run 30 miles in 30 days. There are lots of options from running one mile a day for thirty days to running 30 miles in one day. I am looking at the moderately conservative approach of 8 to 12 miles a week for four weeks (actually building up from 12 a week to 20 a week over the month).

There are several internal concerns I am dealing with: plantar faciitis and a heel spur, adding weight lifting into the exercise routine, getting my diet in order and starting up a new class schedule. OK so the last one doesn't fit as smoothly as the others but if you teach you know what I mean. It involves dealing with outside activities that can cause stress.  It is important to live in the moment, and as I do enjoy being a lone when I running, I still don't want it invaded on by stress.

There's the rub, exercise relieves stress, but stress conflicts with effective exercise.

Successful again, got out the door and returned safely.