Downtown Petaluma And Back Again

Feeling On Top of The World Today After My Run!

I met and overcame my first road block today. I set up a running schedule for myself to run at least 5k this week (starting modestly). I'd already had run 3k. Last night I went out with my friends from CSPP (grad school) for my friend Rachelle's birthday. We went to and italian restaurant in North Beach (SF's Little Italy) and then out to a bar, then back to our friend Tara's house to play a huge Taboo game and drink some more. We were up all night. We had a huge group of people and it was SO much fun. I shared my homemade limoncello with everybody which everybody was really excited about.

HOWEVER. This morning when I woke up in SF I was SO tired, and kind of hungover. We all had to get up early to go to this practicum fair where we have mini interviews with representatives from various clinics, agencies, hospitals, etc.. for our clinical training for next year. It was like SPEED DATING! So intense. So I got home this afternoon and was SO tired and just wanted to throw in the towel and hang out and read or watch a movie. I just did not want to run for the life of me! I gave myself a little time to relax and thought of our blog and what we're all doing together. I realized I needed to run. And even more that I wanted to run... sort of. So I forced myself into my running clothes and strapped on my little nike+ sportband and off I went!

I ran down to Tea Room (SO EXCITING THAT YOU ALL KNOW WHERE THAT IS!), then did a big loop of downtown and went back to my house. I ran 3k! It felt so good! I had kind of been dragging in my other runs, but on this one everything came together and while I was running I wasn't thinking "oh when is this going to end", I was jus totally enjoying myself! I am so glad I ran. I can honestly say that if we weren't doing this blog, I probably would have just made an excuse for myself and said, "oh I'll just run later" - which usually means no run. So I know it's kind of silly and it's not that big of a run or anything, but I'm just so glad that I was able to get motivated because I knew I needed to write on the blog. So, thanks girls!

Music I ran to today: 4 Minutes by Madonna & JT, Galvanize by Chemical Brothers (on the running mix I sent out to ya'll!), The Adventure by Angels and Airwaves, It's Five! by Architecture in Helsinki, Break the Ice (BRIT BRIT), and Outta My Head by Ashley Simpson!

I met my goal of running 3 times this week and exceeded my goal of running 5k!