5 am morning run with my baby Clara

So 4:30am came way to early this morning. I turned off the alarm and rolled my troll looking self out of bed. Grabbed the running gear that was neatly piled up on the floor at the end of the bed, poured my cup of coffee and woke Miss Clara up. 4:47am we were heading out the door to the local bike path. It was a beautiful morning, with the sun hitting the water and a nice cool breeze.

Clara was ready to go all nicely tucked into her stroller , being kept warm under her nice big purple blanket. Today was an easy 3 mile run so the temperature really didn't matter to me much. I just needed to get my 3 miles in so I could enjoy ladies night at the local golf course. 

So, so far this week I've ran a total of 12 miles. Monday was a rest day, Tuesday I did 3 miles, 5 on Wednesday and 3 today. I noticed this week my body gave into running more than last week. I was starting to get discouraged. Thinking I wasn't making progress and if I'm going to be running a MARATHON in October I need to be making progress. So I'm very thankful that this week has been able to show me that I've made progress. The most important thing for me is just to continue to get the miles in. Try not to think about how fast you do finish each but, look at it as one sept closer to your goal.