I made sure to get to bed very early last night since I am not use to getting up at 4 am. I can't even say it was at the crack of dawn because it was still pitch black outside. There was no hint of dawn anywhere. I got up and laid my running clothes out right next to my bed. I guess in hopes that it will just crawl right onto my body when I finally put my feet on the floor but it didn't happen. I would wait to dress until my eyes were at least open. I did manage to get in the bathroom and brush my teeth without falling over. I was swaying back and forth though.
Finally, after doing all my good hygiene duties, my eyes were 3/4 open now so I got dressed and was about to put my shoes on when all of a sudden I heard a little voice. "can I come too?" I know it wasn't my self conscious speaking because it wouldn't be asking to go run at 4'o clock in the morning, it would be telling me to get back in that cozy bed. I turn around and see that it's my eight year old daughter Lauren.
As to not discourage her from wanting to exercise I tell her she can come along but she has to be tough and can't whine about running. I do that enough for everyone. She runs to her room and gets dressed to exercise. We go into the kitchen and I make "Dirt On a Path" something she dubbed this morning all by herself. I know you don't know what this is because she just made it up this morning. It's bananas sliced long ways with peanut butter on it. So next time you are about to take your eight year old out at 4:30 in the morning for a run I can guarantee they too will want to eat Dirt On a Path too! Yum :)
We walk into the garage all ready and pumped to go for a nice outside run when I open the garage door only to find that it is pouring rain. My heart sunk just a little. BUT, I wasn't going to let this rain stuff ruin my first day of training. So we jumped into the car and headed to Lifetime Fitness. This is the coolest gym ever! It has an indoor soccer field which is where I ran this morning. Played a little soccer with Lauren during rest and then me and her timed each other on sprints. It was a lot of fun! It was better than just going to the park to run! See, you just never know where training for a marathon will take you.
~bev
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