Jumping for Joy

After more than a week of doing nothing except trying to cope with the heat and humidity, I had quite an active day yesterday.

The morning started with a running date with my friend Robin. I was really excited to get out for a run with her - it has been quite a while - and we scheduled a 10k along the Ottawa River.

It was a gorgeous, brisk morning - the first in what felt like forever - and as we started out, I felt strong and ready. Robin even asked me if I was doing okay during our first walk break. It would seem we were averaging a 7 minute km, which is pretty fast for me.

But after about 3k, I had an overwhelming feeling of nausea and I had to walk again. Robin and I even discussed how close we were to her house and how we could cut the run short and take refuge at her house.

After a little walk break, I decided I could probably do an out and back with the help of walk breaks whenever the pukie feelings got too strong. If I am being honest, I didn't want to disapoint, Robin OR myself, by cutting our 10k so short on such a beautiful morning.

It was a morning made for running and I was determined to do so.

Although our pace slowed WAY down, we ended the run on a good note with a jog up a hill (slope) and running our way back to our meeting place. We managed 7.37k in 1 hour exactly.

When I got home, I noticed a heat rash on my chest and I wonder whether the nausea and the rash go hand in hand?

Although I was disapointed in cutting the run short, the kids had a birthday party at Skyzone and I had a date with a trampoline.

This place was F.U.N. not only for the kids, but for the adults too!

I felt like a kids again almost immediately. Trying to jump as high as possible, doing sit jumps, split jumps and 360 turns high in the air. SO.MUCH.FUN.

Both Madie and I slept very well during nap time. ;-)

So this week, I have resolved to run twice and do yoga once. That, in addition to my mom's move on Saturday, SHOULD get me back into the swing of this exercise thing again.