The Flop of January

I hate to be negative, but my January goal of running 26.2 miles, the equivalent of a marathon, is just not going to happen. I have beat myself up over it a little bit lately, but when it boils down to it, I just have to accept that it isn't going to happen. Call it poor planning, poor time management, too much going on in my life/on my mind, etc...but it is what it is.

This setback doesn't mean that I'm giving up. I am really looking forward to my February challenge: 20 Zumba workouts! Since I started running, I have really missed Zumba. It's a high calorie burner, so maybe that will get me motivated with some sort of scale movement. I think that was what actually slowed down my running this month. I was going strong the first week and most of the second week, but then I hopped on the scale for my Tuesday weigh-in two weeks in a row, only to find that the scale went up BOTH TIMES!!! I was actually eating less food and even better food, plus the running. I should know full and well that those things happen, especially when you start back exercising, but it was just too big of a disappointment.

So, it's time to pick myself up off the ground, dust myself off and just keep going. I'm going to try to incorporate that philosophy into my life just a little bit more. I focus too much on the negative a lot of times and forget to look at the positive. Tomorrow is a new day and this is a new week! Who knows? Maybe I can still get in a few miles before Friday!