おはようございます☆
今朝は5時20分に起床して、人生初の早朝ランニングに行ってまいりました!

本当は5時前に目覚ましをセットしていたのですが、昨日は珍しく終電まで食べて飲んで、家に辿り着いた時にはあまりの眠気にフラフラ状態。。なんとか洗顔と歯磨きだけしてベッドに入った時には1時を回っていたので、とても5時にシャキッとは起きられませんでした。

そこから約20分自分の心の中で葛藤を繰り返し。。行くの?行かないの?行かなくていいの?沖縄で走られへんかったらどうすんの?いいの?いや、明日にしよっかな。。

ようやく20分に「いや、行こう!」と体を起こし、ノーメイクのまま着替えだけして出かけました。

5時半を少し回った時間に出発し、約45分。疲れたり、坂が辛くて途中で10分~15分は歩いたはずなので、大体30分くらい走ったのかな。ノロノロですが。。

家を出た頃はまだ真っ暗でしたが、6時半前にはこんな綺麗なブルーが空に広がっていました。

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木曜日からお友達と沖縄旅行に行くので、一緒に訪ねる向こうの友達(彼女は早朝ジョギングを日課にしているスーパーウーマンです)と3人で走ることにしています。

大阪から一緒に行くお友達もジムでランニングを頑張り、どんどん走れるようになっているそうなので、私が足をひっぱらないように、今日はとりあえずどれだけ走れるのか、そもそも走れるのかを確かめるためのテストラン。
しんどかったです。。。

私の住む町は山の景色ですが、沖縄では綺麗な海と空の力をお借りして頑張ろうと思います。
何より大好きな友人たちとそういう時間を共有できることが楽しみでたまりません。

明日も練習できるかな~。。雨が降らなかったら走ろっかな。

沖縄には台風の影響が出始めているようですね。皆さま、天候にはお気をつけ下さいね。
素敵な週末を!

I woke up at five twenty this morning and went for my very first morning run!

Although I had set an alarm at a little before five, I came home very late last night as I went for drinks and stayed with my friends until I almost missed the last train, and I came home way too sleepy...
I managed to brush my teeth and wash my face somehow but I was not able to take a bath... It was around one a.m. when I went to bed.
With that said, I was not at all able to wake up right away.

The arguments were going on inside my mind.. Are you going? No? Are you sure it is ok not to go? What if you will not able to run in Okinawa? Do you think it is ok? Maybe tomorrow....

It took almost twenty minutes for to me to make my mind. "Ok, I am going!!" I finally woke up, change clothes and went out without wearing makeup.
 
I went out at around five thirty and 
I was running for about 45 minutes..
Along the way, I had to walk for about  10 to 15 minutes because I was too tired. So I guess I ran for about 30 minutes or so in total.. At a very slow pace I guess...

The sky was in deep black when I left home, but it turned its color to beautiful blue before 6:30.

I will go to Okinawa with my friend on vacation from Thursday visiting my friend there (she is a super woman who runs every morning). And we plan to run together in Okinawa.

My friend whom I will travel with has been doing a workout and running at a gym and she seems to have improved her running capacity.
So therefore, I went for a test run to see how much I can run or if I ever be able to run at all so that I will not be a burden in Okinawa.
It was hard to keep running...

I live in the mountain side, but I would like to borrow the power of the beautiful sun and ocean in Okinawa and make it work.
More than anything, I look forward to sharing such wonderful time with my favorite friends..

I wonder if I can do a training again tomorrow.. Maybe I should run if it is not rainy...

The strong typhoon seems to be hitting Okinawa.. Please stay safe, everyone..
And have a wonderful weekend!!