Dusted off the Runners

     After about a 3 week hiatus today is my first day back to running.  That's right 3 weeks!  I can't believe I allowed that much time to pass.  I think when we returned from our last holiday of the summer from Kelowna I was just feeling a little depressed about transitioning into our school routine, then I started the master cleanse and decided not to exercise while fasting, then one day lead into the next and here I am 3 weeks later!  It felt great to run today but man, I hope that I'm able to keep it up because I don't want to have to start up again, today was a difficult run.  I did it!  I really enjoy running around Deer Lake it's so peaceful and I always look forward to running up the 300 stairs from the trails back up to Oakland and Royal Oak.  One other thing I was looking forward to was using my ipod, I love my new ipod nano that Bryn bought for me when I lost old one.  Did I mention that he's the nicest guy I know?  Well there's one of the reasons right there.  When I lost my ipod I realized how much I enjoy having music and how important it is for my running experience because without it I feel like I'm dragging my heels and I lose a big percent of my motivation, also I strategically create my playlists for my running just like I do for my yoga classes.  Music for the warm up, the middle part and then up beat motivating ones for 3/4 of the way through that help push me to get to the end, then the wind down songs for the end of the run.  I'm so happy to have finally gotten back into the groove and can't wait until my next run.

My Playlist:
Birthday -The Sugarcubes
She Bangs the Drums -The Stone Roses
What I Got -Sublime cover by 311
Rock That Body -BEPs
Do You Wanna Dance -The Ramones
Rivers of Babylon -Sublime
Rainbow -G.Love feat. Jack Johnson
Times Like These (acoustic) -Foo Fighters
All For You -Sister hazel
Runaround -Blues Traveler
Middle of Nowhere -Hot Hot Heat
Badfish/Boss DJ -Jack Johnson
Wondering Where the Lions Are -Donavon Frankenreiter
Walk Away -Ben harper