When I woke up on Saturday morning, my day was wide open. But it quickly filled with things to do, and before I knew it, it was 7pm and I still hadn’t gone for my run.
Confession: I haven’t really worked out since Thursday morning. I skipped a run on Thursday afternoon, and I skipped the 30-Day Shred on Friday. We’ll blame it on the cycle of the moon, okay? 
I did have a thought to just skip Saturday’s run too, since it was already getting late, but the thought of missing 3 workouts in a row didn’t sit well with me, so I strapped on my shoes and headed out the door.
Running at dusk is so lovely. The heat of the day has somewhat dissipated, and the sky looks so beautiful.
And it’s so quiet out (at least in Ottawa). There were fewer cars on the road, and I had the whole path all to myself.
I try to vary my routes between running on paths and running on roads to give my knees a bit of a break. Luckily, in Ottawa that’s easy to do (we have LOTS of cycling and walking paths throughout the City).
In the end I ran 5.5km in 32:32 minutes. My average heart rate was around 150bpm, with some peaks when I ran up a couple of hills. I also sprinted to the finish, just for good measure.
I’m happy I went for the run. It’s so easy, when it’s that time of the month, to curl up on the couch and do nothing, but it did me wonders to go out and get back into my training. I have to start bumping up my mileage soon (in preparation for the 10k race in October) and skipping my weekly long run is NOT the way to do it!!!