Day 3 complete!

Okay, so I just completed day 3 of my training...it was supposed to be a tempo day, but I really don't care how long it takes me to complete the next 10K I do....I just want to finish.  So I did a 35 minute run with a 0.5-1% incline and I pushed myself a little at the end.  My back actually felt a little better yesterday evening.  I'm glad I can finally move around better.  This morning I still woke up hunched over like an old lady, but I'm taking that as a lesson learned the hard way.  Be kind to yourself and don't push yourself too hard, too fast. 
I am planning on running a 10K with my cousin in June of this year, I tried a 10K back in July of 2011 and did not complete it.  I got to mile 5 and was pulled from the race with heat exhaustion.  So, I scaled back and did another 5K in October and had planned on doing another 5K in November.  But the 5K in November was scrapped due to a relocation to El Paso.  This area is nothing like Albuquerque, you don't see many runners out here and I can't find near as many races to run in.  I am so totally bummed about the choices of races here, which means if I want to run I will have to travel.  There is  a 5K Cupid Chase and I want to try to do that, but I just accepted a new job offer, so we will have to see what my schedule looks like before I make any decisions on that. 
So getting back on track hasn't been all that bad,  today I did miscalculate my time and pushed myself a little harder than I should have thinking that I was almost done, but I survived.  I've looked at my times and if Chris (my cousin) and I were to race today, she would most likely finish about 30 minutes before I did, but you know what?  I'm fine with that.  I'm off the couch and doing better than last week.  I also tried to figure out how many miles I ran last year total.  Now, I didn't always log my miles on the same program (another lesson learned), so this is a rough guess I did about 637 miles last year.  So I will think about it and on my next blog set a goal for this year....that's it for today.  One step at a time!