Spring is in the Air

OMG! That is an understatement. It was actually 66 degrees and sunny in NE Ohio today. I saw many signs that spring is in the air today on my walk today. While walking Casey this morning, I saw so many people outside enjoying the weather, however, seeing chalk drawings on the sidewalk and a bird almost pooping on me from above are definite signs that spring is almost here. Yippee! After 2 months of running in circles on the track at the gym, I decided that today was a great sign that I need to start running outstide. I completed Week 5 Day 2 of my C25K training. It was quite a challenge, I had to warm up 5 minutes, run 8 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 8 minutes and cool down 5 minutes. I honestly didn't think I was going to make those 8 minute runs without walking, but I did it, that's not to say it wasn't hard. I was able to finish 2.6 miles in 37 minutes and boy did it feel good running outside. Saturday I have a big challenge of running 20 minutes without walking. Stay tuned to see if I can do it. Lap swimming wasn't the best today, but I did swim a mile in about 20 minutes. I am just not a lap swimmer, but need to get my endurance up if I want to complete a Sprint Triathlon later this year, so I am going to keep swimming.