Why the Olympics are so motivating
Saturday night, I stayed up to watch the women's marathon. Despite USA not doing so hot, it was quite motivating.
So, yesterday morning, I was scheduled for my 6 mile run on the treadmill. After DH left for work at 5 am, I went back to bed until the boyz woke me up at 8 am. Ahhh. Heaven to be able to sleep in on a Sunday. Anyways, I was totally dreading the long run. So, by 10:30 am, after 1 cup of coffee, I decided to JUST DO IT. Well, I doned my ipod and turned the tv onto the Olympics. Women's water polo (Italy vs Netherlands) was airing. What an awesome match-up!
Whenever I started to lose steam while running, I would think of all those women marathoners and how hard they worked to get there. Sooner than I realized, my 10K run was finished!
Time: 59:32 Distance 6.25 miles Calories burned: 777
Not too shabby for only 2 months back at it.
I LOVE the Olympics! Oh, and BTW, the USA women are in the semifinals of the water polo too! Go USA!
And, the women's 8 crew team won the gold yesterday!!!! YAHOO! (I used to row in college... such an awesome sport)
:)