Seven Miles!

Today I ran seven miles. That's right. Seven miles! And let me tell you, seven miles is a loooooooong way. It actually wasn't too bad, though. My legs were shaky at the end, but the worst part was the tight muscles in my lower back. I had to walk a few times, briefly (never more than 30 seconds) so I could try to stretch those muscles.

For me, the hardest part about training is just finding the time to do it. Carving an hour out of the day for myself is pretty much impossible - even on weekends. It really, really helps to have a goal. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have made this much progress.