Jun 6, 2019
I have not missed a day since 1979.
I have not missed a day since 1979.
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I have not missed a day since 1979.
I have not missed a day since 1979.
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lesson from running #1: yes, it's a cliche, but getting out the door and taking the first step is always the hardest part. especially when it's cold and rainy. getting splashed with freezing cold water as cars drive by is also challenging.
Half Marathon Training: Week 3, Day 1
First run of week 3 was brutal. But I learned a few things:
1. I need to use my pacer. Today's run was a 3 mile jog at a slow pace, so I turned off the pacer on my watch and decided to just go for it. Bad, bad, bad decision. I should have known--pacing myself with the watch on is hard enough. I ended up going way too fast and burned myself out very quickly...I was kind of aware of it while it was happening, but for some reason it's really hard to go slowly!
2. No matter how much water I drink, assume it isn't enough. I thought I would be set hydration wise because I'd been drinking water all morning, and had a good amount right before I went out, but nope. I didn't feel hydrated enough at all. I need to work on my general hydration, as well as run hydration.
3. Fuel. I actually don't know what I learned about fuel other than for some reason it didn't work today? I'm not sure if I just got too overheated or I didn't have enough fuel in me, but I got stopped at a stoplight at 2.7 and while I was waiting for the light to turn green, my vision started going in and out. I walked until 2.85 and then jogged the rest of the way home so I could hydrate and nourish. Meh.
4. The chafe is real. 'Nuff said.
5. The muscles need love! I really do need to take better care of my muscles after runs, because mine just didn't have it in them today and that's probably my fault. I'm going to start stretching regularly, in addition to getting back on track with my yoga practice.
6. No matter how crappy a run is, it still counts. Even if today's run wasn't the best (maybe even the worst training run to date) at least I did it, and so I'm proud of myself for pushing through the aches, and pains, and the tiredness. At the end of the day, I get to say I'm not a quitter. And I've got tomorrow to improve. I may have been hoping for a rest day (it's most definitely not a rest day), but I get to go out there again and give it my all.
And that, friends, has been my run in lessons. Week 3 here I come!
75.5/250
Sunshine, 5 miles, and a lesson on achieving goals, all in one morning run. I have a set of mega sore "hey I'm getting back into running a little over zealously" legs today. When my daughter and I started off on our long run, I knew it was going to be a walk/ run proposition for me. OK. When running, I picked out a distant point that I would run to before taking a walking break. Fine. But I discovered that I routinely started walking just before reaching the actual pre-determined stopping place. It wasn't physical limitation, it was mental, ok I'll just say it, laziness. Like just the words "stopping point" triggered stopping, immediate stopping. I do this pretty much every run. I give myself kudos for getting out there and going the distance but I often feel like I could have tried just a little bit harder. Pushing past the comfortable edge will cause me to grow and growth is my goal. After my realization, I moved my stopping places closer, ran to each one, and congratulated myself for doing it, keeping this small promise to myself. I can stretch my mental and physical capacity by setting a series of smaller, more attainable goals, achieve, celebrate, and repeat. I set myself up to know that I can trust in my own system to go the distance and make my dreams come true. It's good and simple stuff that I can put into practice in every area of my life!