Back on Track with the Stack

    It has been a very Monday Monday here today, just little things going wrong, one after the other. Things that make you feel stupid and brainless, but honestly things that aren't your fault when others seem to think you're a mind reader. Left my psychic cap in bed this morning apparently...but anyway...

    The good news is: 

        1. I ran this morning and didn't pull any muscles or pop any joints.

        2. I messaged NRC's team on Twitter and they helped me figure out why the app wasn't tracking my         treadmill runs (you have to hold the phone while you're running--I always just let it sit up on the little ledge with my iPad...) but NOW!! Now it's tracking and giving me credit for the runs I'm accumulating for The Stack! I'm maybe a little too excited about this but after worrying that I'd have to sit out the rest of the month and miss the challenge, yeah--I'm happy to be back in the game!

    So I completed the 6, 7, 8, and 9 minute runs this morning, credit for all granted in the app, and I plan to finish the remaining runs later this week. And, yeah, so the day kind of went downhill from there but I'll take it and be happy. It also helped me get ahead on my other January challenge of 245 fitness miles--somedays I think this watch wants to kill me--but that sounds a lot more intense than it really is, it's barely eight miles a day. Walking alone was tough, especially since the weekend's hike was postponed due to weather. But I can snap out eight miles easy on run days, so back on track and feeling a little brighter now that this Monday is almost over. Off to make a dinner salad and binge a little Netflix.

Night ya'll!

Back in the game!
 

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