One Step Back

Today's Running Goal: 3 miles or no Margaritas tonight
Accomplished: 1 mile in 12:03
I think that my body was trying to tell me something. From the very first step my legs felt like lead, my stomach was upset and my breathing was off. I had to stop twice in that first mile just to recompose, so by the time I got to the mile mark, I wasn't about to put myself through another two of those. To top it all off, I didn't even do that mile very fast. Now I am deciding if after a light lunch and a nap if I should go out and try to do the other two. Or maybe I should be happy with the 30 minutes I put forth today (running one mile plus walking back) and let my body repair itself. However, I organized a Margarita gathering for Cinco de Mayo tonight and promised myself that it would be okay because I would burn enough calories before hand. Now it looks like I burned enough for five chips and a sip of a drink. I probably don't give myself enough days off though. I just ran five miles on Sunday and followed that with two hours of gym classes on Monday, plus 40 minutes of digging in my garden. But I can't just let myself eat the enchiladas and drink the yumminess when I made a deal with myself. Maybe I'll go try it on the trail instead of the hot Lincoln sidewalks. First, I will take a little nap...