Saturday Group Training Session

Anyone who knows me knows I'm not a morning person. I hate the mornings and am usually pretty grumpy in the mornings. I don't really snap out of mornings until around 11am, or a couple of coffees! So joining team in training morning run sessions is not an easy thing for me. They start at 7:30am... on a Saturday... I don't even wake up that early for work. Now I had been working the past several Saturdays but now that I don't work Saturdays I have to drag my butt out of bed and go.

This morning I set my alarm to go off at 6:25am, when it went off I set it to snooze until 6:35. Then I got out of bed and said if it's raining I'm staying home, but the sun was shining. I got ready ate breakfast and left. I got outside and had forgotten my coffee so I went back to get it. Then I headed out to wait for the streetcar.

Now I was wearing my team in training shirt, my fuel belt and an amazingly stylish hat. A guy came up to me on the streetcar to ask if I was running with the group today. So we walked down to the park together and then got flagged down by another girl looking for where the group was meeting. You're never alone when you're in your team in training shirt!

The run was nice, an area of the city I've never been to. Not a lot to see, but flat and no lights. A nice easy early morning 11km run!

Here's a photo I took during the run

Maybe when I'm done training I'll become a runtographer. Just go for runs around the city taking pictures, much like runners at the Toronto Zoo run!

After coming home from the group training session I grabbed some food, changed my socks and headed to the gym. I did upper body weights and then a yoga class. I do feel sorry for people at the gym, I'm pretty sure I smelled. Oh well that's the smell of kicking cancer!

What a morning! Now on to fill out my recommitment papers for my race!

Thanks as always for your support!

Stephanie