An early victory, and then trouble in the sack

Hey, I still know how to write a grabber headline!

Wednesday's time was 31.27 for what I think is 2.7 miles. The day off from running helped. Felt OK the whole run, and had enough left for a little kick at the finish. Hardest part by far was just getting out of bed. Man was my body/mind fighting the idea of waking up at 5 a.m. (who can blame it/them?). I craved another hour of sleep. You can run on the treadmill at lunch, said mind/body. Seriously, you need more sleep. Don't get out of bed! Sleep! Please!

But I dragged myself out of bed and ran and, of course, felt great when I finished. Did 10 minutes of ab exercises afterward.

So, on Wednesday morning, a victory.

And then ....

My lack of sleep this week caught up to me. On Wednesday at lunch, I did 45 minutes on the elliptical -- this, after my longest run so far that morning! So you think I'd be dead to world Wednesday night? Nope.

Not much better Thursday night, either, despite having played a solid hour of basketball at lunch and then walking for an hour that evening. I wanted to get up today (Friday) at 5 a.m. and do Yoga X, but just couldn't fight through the urge to sleep another hour. I like the Yoga because its 45 minutes of cardio and 45 minutes of stretching and you feel fantastic when its done. So at lunch I did 45 minutes on the elliptical and some ab work. Maybe some Yoga next Friday.

Going to shoot for running 5K on Saturday morning. Assuming I can get things straightened out in bed ... (insert your own punch line here).