I did it! I ran this evening! I wasn’t happy about it (at first), but I did it!
It was crappy allllll day long. I woke up this morning and it was cold and crappy and I thought, well, if it clears up later, I’ll run. I did my 20 minutes of aerobics and then did my strength training, and as I was stretching, it stopped raining and the sun came out. Unfortunately, I had too much to do before leaving for Lady’s acupuncture appointment, so I didn’t run. Crappy crappy crappy rain rain crappy rain, etc.
After leaving the vet, I thought about dropping Lady off at my sister’s and then heading back into town so I could pick some stuff up at the library. They have on hold for me:
Anyway. I decided that I’d just wait until Saturday to pick all that stuff up. I was in too much of a hurry to head back in the other direction again, and since it was actually sunny out, I wanted to get home and see if the weather would hold long enough for me to run.
I got down to the track at 5:15. 54°, sunny, a bit windy, clouds rolling in. It really was strange to be out there at that time, with the sun on the “wrong” side of the track. As much as I don’t like working out this late, I have to admit, things were a lot more colorful and gorgeous at that time. Or, I don’t know, I was just happy to see the goddamn sun again.
By the third run, I was feeling pretty grumpy and thinking about packing it in. Then I started thinking about how far I’ve come (yes, I’m “only” on week 2; that’s not the point) and how much I didn’t want to screw that up. So I pushed on. It was still a struggle to get through the last three runs, but I did it and I’m proud of myself for running even though I didn’t feel like it. At all.
The best part? As SOON as I walked in the front door and tossed the car keys in the dish, it started raining. Can I get a what what? Seriously. It’s pouring right now. Am I good or what?
And so I'll be running again on Friday and Sunday. I'm 95% sure I'm going to do another round of Week 2. I'm also thinking of maybe wheedling my brother-in-law into bringing their treadmill up here for me. Nobody uses it down there (not since I bought that used elliptical machine from Sears a couple of years ago), and it would be perfect for me. When it's too cold or shitty out, I can just run indoors. Blech. I'd rather be outside, but I don't want to have to put off my runs due to bad weather.
It's supposed to be clear and in the 60's this weekend, so yay!
It was crappy allllll day long. I woke up this morning and it was cold and crappy and I thought, well, if it clears up later, I’ll run. I did my 20 minutes of aerobics and then did my strength training, and as I was stretching, it stopped raining and the sun came out. Unfortunately, I had too much to do before leaving for Lady’s acupuncture appointment, so I didn’t run. Crappy crappy crappy rain rain crappy rain, etc.
After leaving the vet, I thought about dropping Lady off at my sister’s and then heading back into town so I could pick some stuff up at the library. They have on hold for me:
- Runner’s World Complete Book of Women’s Running
- The Complete Book of Running for Women
- A History of Violence
- The Rock
Anyway. I decided that I’d just wait until Saturday to pick all that stuff up. I was in too much of a hurry to head back in the other direction again, and since it was actually sunny out, I wanted to get home and see if the weather would hold long enough for me to run.
I got down to the track at 5:15. 54°, sunny, a bit windy, clouds rolling in. It really was strange to be out there at that time, with the sun on the “wrong” side of the track. As much as I don’t like working out this late, I have to admit, things were a lot more colorful and gorgeous at that time. Or, I don’t know, I was just happy to see the goddamn sun again.
By the third run, I was feeling pretty grumpy and thinking about packing it in. Then I started thinking about how far I’ve come (yes, I’m “only” on week 2; that’s not the point) and how much I didn’t want to screw that up. So I pushed on. It was still a struggle to get through the last three runs, but I did it and I’m proud of myself for running even though I didn’t feel like it. At all.
The best part? As SOON as I walked in the front door and tossed the car keys in the dish, it started raining. Can I get a what what? Seriously. It’s pouring right now. Am I good or what?
And so I'll be running again on Friday and Sunday. I'm 95% sure I'm going to do another round of Week 2. I'm also thinking of maybe wheedling my brother-in-law into bringing their treadmill up here for me. Nobody uses it down there (not since I bought that used elliptical machine from Sears a couple of years ago), and it would be perfect for me. When it's too cold or shitty out, I can just run indoors. Blech. I'd rather be outside, but I don't want to have to put off my runs due to bad weather.
It's supposed to be clear and in the 60's this weekend, so yay!
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Yeah, I've had many days when I just wasn't feeling it. But you always feel better when you finish. Good on you for sticking with it.
Thank you! I'm glad I stuck with it, but I'll feel better next week when I can get back to my normal run schedule. I'm so anal about schedules.
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