I Salute You

Mags,

I am so proud of you.  It's hard to get up and run on a good day.  A day when you feel whole, rested, energized - when you're not tired and burned and blistered.  Day One is tough.  But you did it!  It may get a little harder before it gets easier; just be kind to yourself if it does.  Because it WILL get easier.  Much easier.

Now it's my turn.  As I promised you (and myself), I am going to start incorporating some yoga into my life.  For the three weeks that you "try" to run (ahem, no problem there!), I am going to match a sun salutation for each mile I run.  Today was an "off" day (and I don't start officially start training for this inaugural marathon until next Monday), so I ran 3 miles.  And then came home and did three sun salutations.

After that third round, the baby still didn't wake up and interrupt me so  I went into those two yoga poses you showed me to help with that IT Band injury that's been nagging me.

It felt really good.  To be honest, today was a bit deflating.  I thought that if I just ran 3 miles rather than my normal 6-10, I'd certainly be able to run 7-minute/miles.  Alas, that was not the case.  Not even close.  Unfortunately I'm not as fast in reality as in my imagination.  Bleh.  The realization that my friend who's pregnant runs significantly faster than I do, even 10-months postpartum, can be a bit hard to swallow and I could have let that knowledge ruin my day.  But...well, somehow coming home and doing that little bit of yoga really felt like an accomplishment.  Something new.  Enough that I started the day feeling good after all.

Love you,
Beck