"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves"

Felt good for the first couple miles, and then just ran out of gas and couldn't keep on going. Cut the run a mile short.

I felt really bad again today. I'm not feeling sick or anything, but I had a hard time getting out of bed. I left to run and after about 20 minutes I started to struggle to keep on going. I stopped a bunch of the way back home too. I don't know what the problem is. I thought I was finally on track and would be able to start running more than 30 miles a week. However, I don't know how I'm going to even hit 30 good miles this week.

 I really need to find a job too. So if you live in Saint George and are looking for a very good, dedicated, hard working employee, talk to me. I have experience using a cash register, cleaning, selling to customers, food preparation, and customer satisfaction. Plus I type about 90-100 words per minute.

Taking the day off in hopes that I will be able to run better the rest of the week.

Felt a bit better today. I still had some diaphragm problems around the 4.5 mile mark. I stopped 3 times and took some big, deep breaths, and also tried breathing in through my nose and out through my mouth. It worked somewhat.

Average pace of 7:42 over 7 miles is pretty good too. Tomorrow I plan on running indoors on my treadmill so I can better control the pace and see how my breathing goes and other pains. By the way, can you run barefoot on a treadmill? I see no reason why I can't, but just checking.

I lifted for 45 minutes and then ran for 10 minutes barefoot on the treadmill. It felt very good until I realized I had a couple of blisters forming. woot. I then ran another couple of minutes with shoes on, but my blisters hurt. I'm going to pop them and hope for the best.