Stats

Up at 4:05 to do a 3.5 mile run with Augie before work. His leg seemed to be feeling fine during the run so I think we're back on track. I'm so happy to have my running partner back!

And to continue my whine (not wine) from yesterday, I woke up still feeling discouraged about the lack of improvement in my running times. I decided to look back over the running stats I have saved on Runkeeper.com to hopefully find something to make myself feel better. For those of you who don't know, Runkeeper is an app you can download onto your smart phone which will track your runs by GPS, then it calculates your pace, elevation change, splits, etc. There are charts and graphs and all kinds of cool stuff (if you're into that kind of thing).

I chose one longer run from each month going back to September and compared them to last weekend's seven mile run. You know what I found? My pace has improved! And my heart rate has even dropped a little. There aren't huge diffferences in the numbers but there are definitely consistent improvements and that's all I needed to see.

It's so great to know that all the effort, all the time, all the MILES have made a difference. Nobody wants to continually apply themselves to something and not have it pay off somehow. I mean, that's the whole point right? Now that I have the proof that I'm making progress, I feel more motivated than ever.