Mary's Angels: Training!

For awhile the talk of walking up early before work was NOT an option. I love my sleep way way way too much...but working the 11 to 7 shift, sitting in a car all day, I would come home miserable and thinking that I had no time in the day to "refresh" and take time out to exercise, train or even dance...(Dance is my life..i cant tell you the last time i took a class :(. Times like now where I wish I was still teaching.) Well, with more talk, and a few tears, FINALLY I decided it was time to get the H*^* up in the morning. I mean, hello, i have a gym membership..and i don't use it- what a waste right?!

So all week I have set out a schedule and I actually followed it! I made a google calendar and I wrote it in my planner. I tried to be in bed between 10-10:30 ish. 6am my alarm went off, 6:30am I am out the door...well....that was the plan, so what- i hit snooze and ended up waking up at 6:45am and out the door by 7! whatever- that is still early for me :) Monday I walked 6miles around Brighton- There are so many awesome routes, I'm not sure if I will get bored of them (We'll see). Tuesday I went to the gym (yay!) and i used the Eliptical....I never use that. Now i am a pro! Wed. I walked 3miles. Thursday Gym again Friday I took off cause I happen to work 9-5 that day and on Saturday....I did my biggest training walk ever! 14 Miles around the Charles River. My house in Brighton, through Arlington, Cambridge passing Harvard and MIT and then into Boston. That walk was amazing! I came across a festival in Harvard Sq. Memorial Drive was closed and there were tons of people everywhere! I love festivals, however, i was on a mission...that set my time back alittle bit because there were so many people and they were all standing around..when i was trying to get my walk on! The views however were awesome!!!! i took pictures with my new and awesome camera which kept me occupied as I was walking by myself and I listened to my Ipod. By the 9th mile I started to feel it....I tried stretching which helped for alittle bit but ya know-had to keep going. I ended up finishing the day at 14.18miles! I left at 2:30pm and got home at 7:22pm. Not Bad!

Im sore but I feel awesome that I did that and I did that "alone". Melissa was training around the cooper river in NJ. She did 4 laps finishing at 13miles. So proud of us!!

Here are some pics from my awesome 14mile walk! Hope you enjoy the view as much as I did!