Sometimes it’s the little things that keep me motivated.  On my life list is living somewhere that I can run by the water everyday.  In mind mind I pictured owning a little cottage near the sea.

I realized today that I can run near the water everyday if I want to do that.  My office is blocks from the water.  I can run at lunch practically every day, so that totally counts.

It was a scorching hot day today but it wasn’t humid and there was a little sea breeze so I could not use the weather as an excuse.  There were so many miserably humid days this month which I did use as excuses not to run, so I had to take advantage of a dry day.

I ran down the waterfront to a beach/harbor area.  It fulfilled my need to run near the water.   I really am living my own dreams, I just don’t always realize it.

I have been highly motivated this week.   I have a 10K race coming up on August 7th, and I am running a half-marathon in 7 weeks.  SEVEN WEEKS!

My motivation also comes from fear.  I haven’t yet run a double digit distance yet, so 13.1 still seems quite far off.  On Sunday I ran 6 miles, and definitely didn’t have much more in the tank.

This week’s training schedule looks like this:

Monday:  Strength Training (I went to the Boot Camp class – it is weight heavy)
Tuesday:  4 miles (I ran 3 at lunch and was so slow I could only squeeze in 3)
Wednesday:  Sprints (I’m going to the Boot Camp class – we do sprints there as well)
Thursday:  3 miles (I have plans to run with a friend at lunch)
Friday:  Rest (yeay!)
Saturday:  3 miles (I can do that)
Sunday:  8 miles (um..that is a bit scary, I have never run 8 miles before)

I have definitely regained my focus by having an event to worry about.  I also really seem to need the fear of being humiliated at said event as a way to keep me focused on the training schedule.