#running fail

I mostly keep it positive on this page but I’m feeling defeated. I tried to run today and it didn’t go well. I can think of a million reasons why: worked all day on my feet, ran 5km yesterday, didn’t drink enough water, tried not wearing my glasses (felt unstable/ sort of dizzy), emotionally strained from a work situation, didn’t sleep well last night.. etc. I’m still disappointed though. I would start to jog and had to walk really frequently. My legs physically wouldn’t go. I stopped pushing myself about half way through and still managed to get about a 40 min workout in, but it wasn’t the run I wanted.

Update on my mom: x-ray at urgent care showed a small fracture of her elbow. It’s called an avulsion fracture (google it). They don’t cast in urgent care because of swelling, told her to see Ortho within next 3 days.

Getting an appointment with Ortho within 3 days, one of which is a Saturday proved quite the task. But, thankfully, mom has a PPO so she can go almost anywhere and we (meaning the university health system I work for) have an urgent care dedicated to Ortho. She managed to get an appointment for this afternoon.

In the meantime, prescription ibuprofen is doing its job, “I’m not sure it’s really broken!” Yeah, it is.

Was supposed to run 4 miles today… made it 2.3 miles. It was just too hot. My run on Sunday was a nice, breezy 61 degrees and the hottest weather I’ve run in up to this point was maybe 75. I am not conditioned for 82 degree weather!

My mouth was dry and I had no spit left to swallow. It was maddening.

i forgot to switch my running app to track by GPS instead of the fucking treadmill settings (stride calibrated/step counter) from yesterday. so it’s false results and is giving me false self esteem.