While it may sound extreme to call it an Epic Failure... it's what I feel this attempt has been for me personally. I had high hopes for getting motivated, getting busy and getting it DONE. So here's the brutal truth, I set out an objective for myself, starting the same Monday you all started... and I've failed to accomplish more than just ONE single day of C25K so far. Yep, I'm still technically on W1D2 the next time I step foot in the gym.

I'm not sure that I prepared myself well enough. I guess I figured that if I wanted it bad enough, I'd make the time to do it. One run is only 30 minutes tops, right? I should be able to squeeze 30 minutes into my day to do something that I both want and need to be doing...My struggle is to find the "right" time for me. My husband leaves the house for work at 5:30 a.m. and I'm a SAHM, so I can't leave the house to go to the gym, until he returns, usually at 5:30-6:00 p.m. Well, that's dinner time if I plan to have my family sit down for a meal together. I value dinner time as a family greatly. After dinner, it's clean up time, then getting bed time routines going for our two little ones. The kids are in bed by 7:30 p.m. and have the first opportunity to sit down and have a minute to spend with my husband to unwind and talk with one another about the day. Next thing I know, it's 8:30 p.m. or 9:00 p.m. and I'm exhausted and no longer have the slightest desire to make it to the gym. I still have zero desire to take this short run outside as the heat index has been over 100 for several weeks now...and if I were already a runner, maybe that would be an issue...but I'm not-hence, I joined up with the Walkers To Runners group. Wishful thinking, and yet I can't seem to get it done.

I wish I could afford to buy a treadmill and just have access to get this done anytime I want...ideally, during the children's nap times. Ugh... I really need to figure out how and when I am going to get this done.

Thank you for "listening" to my rant this morning.