The Challenge: Days 56-77

Its confession time.  I've been flirting with mediocrity this month.  More often than not, I've been forgetting about my challenge until I am ready to crawl into bed.  Out of sheer exhaustion, I'm doing 5-10 min of halfhearted isometrics or stationary bike and then crawling into bed.  My heart has just not been in my challenge as much as it should be.  Not to make excuses, but after 2 weeks of increased running, my knee was a little sore and I got a cold, so I laid off the running for 2 weeks (again).  Well, all this apathy and lack of motivation resulted in first challenge failure.  I completely forgot to do even 5 minutes yesterday. 75 straight days of doing something, and a falter on day 76.  I realized it as my eyes popped open this morning and I couldn't believe it. The good news, I think this may have refired my motivation and commitment to my challenge.  Today, to make up for my shortcomings yesterday, I did my C25K workout and then a couple hours later, walked around a local lake for 45 min, with Kailyn strapped to my back for half of it. Do 2 workouts today make up for none yesterday? I'm not sure. Technically, the challenge is a daily requirement.  But, I feel great after putting in a "real", sweat inducing workout coupled with a good walk. Perhaps this falter was exactly what I needed to renew my commitment.