Boo Ya! Week 2, Day 2

So, I know it's not a milestone, but today I'd really like to lead off with a "Boohoohooooo Yah!!".  I felt great during my run, and more importantly - I did it and I did it all.  I left work with a headache and a bit of a grump and was totally ready to just sit on the couch and not do a damn thing.  I'm not quite sure how I got myself in to my running clothes, but I'm sure glad I did.  I also realized, I need some actual cold weather running clothes.  I think the leggings I wore are from 8th grade...  high school at the very latest.  And I definitely need my face-masky-scarfy thing.

I expected to be hurting from the start since it's only 37 degrees outside, without including the windchill factor, so I knew my lungs would not be happy with me.  They did surprisingly well!  I was about 3/4 of the way through before I started getting the unhappy blood tasting cough.  I know things are only going to get colder, so I'm going to need that scarf ASAP.  I also need to figure out what kind of coat I'm supposed to wear....  It's all about the accessories - am I right? :)

So, anybody else feel like the program knows when a hill is coming and plans for you to start running right before you hit it?  I swear, I wind up running every hill!  I guess that's good for endurance and such, and I'm sure there will be hills on the 10k course, but for right now, jeebus man!

PS - I have found two of my power songs - Firework by Katie Perry and St. Elmo's Fire by John Parr.  Odd combo, I know, but Katy Perry kind of started this whole running thing for me, and Firework is pretty motivational.  I put St. Elmo's Fire on the playlist I made for myself and when it came on today I felt awesome!  I felt like I was running across the finish line with my hands in the air, friends and family cheering me on.  Obviously, not the case, probably won't be the case at the race either because I'm sure my family won't come for that since they didn't even remember I was doing it in the first place, but whatever.  They weren't there for the Devil Dash either and I still made it!

It's off to a nice steamy bubble bath to try to convince my lungs to breathe again without hacking violently and to convince my muscles there's really no reason to cramp up...  Tune in tomorrow for our next installment! :)