Day 5

Tonight I was able to squeeze out 1 mile on the treadmill and some weightlifting as well.  This is actually turning out to be a bit harder than I anticipated.  There are a number of factors contributing to this, however. First of all, it has been rainy all this week (and that's not supposed to change for a while, apparently, if the weather forecasts are to be trusted).  In fact, all this rain just might hit a new record for Palm Beach County's May rainfall.  In any case, that means that I've definitely had to run on the treadmill rather than outside.  Which, I mean, who's to say I would have been running outside anyway?  It's hot and there's the sun and all. In any case, it's been a challenge to not have some variety.  Secondly, I think my body is still adjusting to running daily.  I'm pretty used to working out every day, but I tend to prefer the elliptical at the gym.  I'm also in the habit of taking a day or two off completely from working out each week which won't be an option until after this challenge is over.  Hopefully when the rain tapers off a bit, I can run a bit more casually outside and that will help.  (For the record, I rarely hope for rain to stop altogether as that seems very much like a be-careful-what-you-wish-for kind of thing.  Also, my yoga teacher noted the other day that she got in the elevator with someone and they said something along the lines of, "This week's been terrible!  It's been raining all week!"  To which my yoga teacher thought, "These are the problems we should be having."  Because, let's face it, if the rain is the biggest of your problems, life is pretty good.)