Beating Back The Beast- Four weeks, three days

One Minute! That is what I took off my 2 k run today. A whole freaking minute! Crazily even though I am still running walking and this is, in the scheme of things, a nana run time I am really kind of chuffed with myself.

I have had quite a battle with the beast this week. As I increase my exercise and activity the beast has been biting back with a good dose of fatigue. Hence why I haven't done a blog for several days, I have been completely shattered by evening. This is also why I have chosen to do my blog this afternoon rather than wait until I am once again in a vegetative state this evening.

It's a beautiful day to be challenging my limits and striking a blow against the beast. Sun's shining and it is a lovely warm spring day. I am now running more than walking ....YAY finally. It's a struggle and to call it running is a slight exaggeration but it is more than a walk. Onward and upward.

It may be time for a mini goal. To be running the full 2 k by Christmas. While that probably sounds infinitely achievable for most folk, I am sitting here wondering if I can possibly achieve it. But that is what goals are for, to challenge us, push us to do things outside of our comfort zone. Make us re-evaluate what we are capable of. Once upon a time I would have scoffed at such a goal, my younger self, or back only 7 or so years ago when the Beast was sleeping. Now it seems almost a high as the mountain I had to climb to reach my fitness goals for my black belt.

To paraphrase Sir Edmund Hillary, let's see if we can knock this bastard off too.

Heading out.