I learned a valuable lesson this week: Don't let obligations in life get in the way of the joy of running. What do I mean by that? Running is a way to relax, re-energize, and be healthy. It isn't something to feel pressured by. This week, I had a tough week with the dogs - they both wanted to run 16 different directions at any given time and I came back from 2 runs feeling down, as opposed to my normal post-run cheer. It sucked! So I went for a bike ride to switch things up and took some time to reflect. I realized I was putting too much pressure on these runs to be perfect and wasn't allowing the dogs to be dogs. So this week, I'm going to start small again and be thankful for the ability to run.
In that thought, I looked around for some inspiration for my runs and found 2! Hopefully you'll enjoy these as well:
Run Cape Town - This is an opportunity to combine sight-seeing tours with running, guided by a running guide. I am so excited! The tour I am doing will be a bit more of a social one and will include wine and beer. What a great idea!
The Coyote Hills 10K on January 25th, 2014. It has a canid in the name!! Of course I am going to sign up. It's at a California Regional park that I grew up near, so it feels nice to be a part of it. Can't wait. This will be my first race 10K!
To help with the 10K planning, I looked up some training guides and will start those this week. As I don't want to work against my resolution to relax a bit more this week, I'm going to stick to the week 1 amounts, even if they are lower than what I would normally run.
We had a great week leading up to Halloween! Hope you enjoyed our special Halloween products. We'll be working on Fall/Thanksgiving ideas soon, so look out for those.
Have a great week!
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