The running skirt strikes again

I admit that sometimes feeling positive about how you look can have a commensurate impact on how you feel while working out. Yesterday, was my first chance at fitness in about a week and I have to admit some apathy was starting to kick in. I had been feeling stressed out and when a friend suggest a run as a stress reliever, I took the bait. It was easy to head out on the streets when I had on my running skirt; however, that did not keep me in motion, unfortunately. My plan was to run for three songs, walk for another and then repeat that a few times like I did last week. Well I don't know if it was the wimpy mindset that I head while heading out or the brutal high temps but my effort was a bit on the weak side. I managed the first mile, even though I was rudely interrupted by Plymouth's longest train ever. Then in the second mile I had to walk for a bit. Then I could not even finish the third mile. And I was out for close to an hour. Yikes! I was definitely the turtle moving in slow motion to the finish line. So it goes. I could berate myself for my sad workout or I could think that I got out there when I was not enthused, when I was not heat acclimated and I lasted an hour. Isn't there some adage about how the glory is not that you finished but that you started? Yeah, I will chalk it up to that sort of mentality. Maybe when the weather cools off next week, I'll have greater success! Tonight I hope to circle through all of the chapters on the IWTB dvd.