On that running grind

Yes, I gave this a ghetto title, so? But seriously, I've started my training for cross country. I'm so out of shape, it's not even funny. I even did track and I'm still out of shape. I've run for 4 days now so I'll probably take a day off tomorrow because you're not supposed to run every day. I love running, I love it a lot, I just never have motivation to get off my ass and actually run, but I've been doing well and I'm proud of myself. I've run at least a mile if not more every day, which is good. I'm just building up stamina and base miles right now. I'll start getting heavier in July and August especially right before start. I'll get there, it'll just take time. Speaking of time, my mile time was awful tonight, I'm embarrassed to say that it took me 14 minutes tonight. That's really awful seeing as how I used to run 9 minute mile. It kind of makes me want to cry, but I just need to keep running. I'm going for sub a 26:00 5k this year. My PR (runner talk for personal record) was a 26 something two years ago. I didn't do XC this year, I missed it terribly. So I'm running again and as painful as it is, it feels fantastic. I love the burn you get in your muscles when you force yourself to push it farther. I've missed running miles terribly and I'm soooo glad I started up again.