Ah-ha!!

This morning I realized that I had not run in almost one week. As I got back on the treadmill, I realized why it's not good to go too long without running: it's hard to get back to where one was. Ah-ha! So that's what *they* mean. Got it. I was still able to run 5.0 minutes with 1.5 minute walks, but it was painful every step of the way. And, I had planned on getting up to 5.5 minutes this week, but I don't think it's going to happen. I realize that my girls' weekend was good for my health in other ways, but I can really feel the difference between a day off and 5 days off. I think that will be the last time I do that again. It's really encouraging to make weekly progress, and I don't want to get to a point where I'll again hate running. In order to avoid that, I think I need to run every other day. I've learned my lesson. Time to move on.