Manic Monday

I've never been one to dread Mondays. As a matter of fact, I usually embrace them. You know...fresh starts, new beginnings? Today by about noon I was ready to fast forward to Tuesday. Monday had hit me, kicked me while I was down, assaulted me, laughed at me, called me names...it could always be worse. I try so hard to keep that in mind. When we are at our rock bottom and think it could get no worse, it could. It could always be worse. Just when you think you've heard the hardest most sad story ever, you hear one that tops it. I just don't allow myself to wallow in self pity. Okay I've digressed. At the end of the day a meeting was cancelled. I thought today would be a rest day from the gym because of scheduling issues. A cancelled meeting was just what I needed. I dashed home and changed into my workout clothes. I arrived at the gym and started running. I needed a stress relief in a bad way.

Normally I run thirty minutes and stop. Because running isn't my strong point I run for time, not miles. Tonight I hit thirty minutes and felt like Forest Gump. I just kept running. I got to forty minutes and thought I'm going to keep going. I ran for forty five minutes trying to shake Monday off. I have to say it was a GREAT way to kick Monday back. It wasn't pretty. There was eyeliner streaming down my face. My clothes were soaked with sweat. It wasn't fast. I'm not a sprinter. I didn't run the entire time. There was some brisk walking involved. The funny thing about the brisk walking was that I can still hear Trainer Mike in my head during some workouts. Tonight was one of those. "You own this." "Come on. Only 30 more seconds." "Tammy don't let your mind mess you up. You've got this." I could hear those things in my mind and used them every time I felt like I wasn't going to make it. Now instead of sitting here dwelling on all of the things I didn't like about this day, I'm celebrating my accomplishment. I followed it with a date with Calgon and am happy to say I am in my pjs with my gym bag packed for tomorrow morning. Lower body, I will own you. Go get it peeps! Don't let the stress of today take control. YOU are in control.