Boy did the motivation disappear fast!  It was raining again on Monday and I was very sleepy in the morning plus I had some work pressure.  I blew off the morning run option so fast it wasn’t even funny…  I took workout clothes to work to make up for my laziness but was overcome by work schedule pressures again and did not exercise.  This morning was almost the same…  In bed, my thoughts danced around excuses and the little devil almost won again!  However, I dragged myself out of bed and even with heavy pressure made myself go out and run…  I shortened up the distance and walked the last 1/4 of the run but I did it…  And, my calves didn’t start to hurt until about half way through the run.  That is good, but they did talk to me eventually and I listened.  I did however run on the balls of my feet almost entirely.  Occasionally, I would use a gentle “heal striking” stride to rest the calves but went back to the balls…  I feel like I can use my heals with a very gentle landing and roll the foot for low impact but I am being advised not to do this…  🙂  The lungs felt much stronger and I was not breathing really hard until after the halfway point.  I still need to stay in the “consistency training” range and not make things too hard.

My Monday morning weigh in was around 254 lbs…