Tough day today. I worked out with my team at the park & did about 3.5 miles. My feet felt like lead the entire time. I was exhausted. Maybe it's the lack of sleep & the stressful day at work. Who knows? All I know is that I was the very last in the pack. I felt like such a schlub. Even the girl who I originally started out walking with was at a much faster pace than I was & she's a lot bigger than me! (of course, she's unemployed & has all the time in the world to work out & does so practically 7 days a week) The coach kept running back to check on me, making sure I was doing ok. She was super nice, giving me all sorts of advice & being very encouraging... telling me how great I was doing at keeping up my pace. However, the whole point of this particular workout was to go faster, then slow, then fast, then slow, etc. I did ok the 1st 1/2 mile, but the right side of my right calf kept hurting me. Then after about 2 miles, I started to have a little breathing trouble. I'm pretty much convinced my asthma was kicking again, especially with the warmer weather & everything starting to bloom again. Next time I'll be sure to take some allergy meds. If that doesn't work, then I'll likely go to the dr. to get a prescription.

Anyhoo... I eventually finished the work-out & hung around for a bit to chat w/ a couple teammates. We were giving each other fund raising tips, making plans for social gatherings, & discussing the best kind of running bra (apparently wearing 2 is better than wearing just one). I was even convinced to do the 5K "Rodeo Run" on Saturday. We'll work out at the park 1st thing in the morning (about 3 miles) then drive to the 5K downtown & do that, so our total mileage for that day should be a little over 6 miles. You can bet my iPod will be with me that day!

Ugh... why am I still awake? I need to go to bed. I'm never going to get any further if I don't start getting more sleep!