A new week and a new yoga class...

So today starts a new week, and I couldn't be more thrilled. Already I feel that things are looking up. I have the day off today so I slept a little later than normal and said adieu to my friends who came down for the race. Then I curled up in my bed with my dog and watched a movie. It's nice to do those things sometimes. It's a beautiful day, and I'm grateful to see the sun, but it's chilly out so it's also very nice to be snuggled up with the warm pup and my pillows with the sunshine streaming in through my windows. Not all lazy-bones here though. I'm very excited because I'm going to a new yoga class tonight. The description for the class is:

"This is an all levels class, suitable for beginners. We'll explore specific

postures that are typically seated and held for 3-5 minutes to access the dense,

yin-like and slow growing connective tissue of the joints; typically in the hips,

lower back and sacrum area. Class will begin with about 30 minutes of gentle

flowing movement, standing balance postures and ab work. From there we'll

move to the yin portion of class, with little verbal instruction and little or no

adjustments. This practice becomes very meditative as you turn your attention

inward. Great complement to your power yoga practice, as well as being very

beneficial for runners or those who sit at a computer all day!

I've been looking forward to this one. We'll see how I feel tonight after I've finished.

I'm working towards a schedule to get up to the milage volume I need to be to at to train for the marathon. Thanks to my friend Aleen, who I am doing this marathon with, I have a training goal schedule. This week is 10 miles. That was last week's goal too, and since that didn't go off as planned, I'm hoping this week will be better. Tomorrow is my long run. I'm planning for 4 miles and then I'm going to have another yoga class at the Co-op. Since most of my skin issues are worked out (more or less) I think I'll be able to get more accomplished. I did 7 miles last week and that's not really anything to sneeze at. So... onward and upward!

Goals:

Work on keeping positive attitude

Run 4 miles tomorrow

Enjoy yoga class

Run 10 miles this week