Distance: 3.5 miles
This run was a failure! I was supposed to run 11 miles and only made it to 3.5. I don't know what the deal is. I had absolutely no energy to run. All I wanted to do was sit down and cry. Usually when my run starts bad I remind myself of how great I will feel after I complete the run, but that wasn't working today. I was also really having a hard time being the pacer for Michael...it was like i had no mental energy either. (He didn't have my problem and ran 10 miles.)
Part of it may have been that I had very little carbs today, so my body was needing more calories, but I don't think that was the whole problem. I think it was a lot of little things rolled into one.
This week I only ran 6 miles! That is TERRIBLE! How am I going to be able to run a half marathon in 3 weeks if I only run 6 miles in a whole week?? I just don't feel super excited about running right now. I also do worse with running when I have a less going on. Because I will just keep putting it off all day until it's too late or I've lost the motivation. This week HAS to be different.
I am going to try for an 11 mile redemption run tomorrow, even if it means running in the rain. Then I am going to run 6 miles on Wednesday, 4 miles Friday, and 12 miles next Sunday. That's my plan... I know I have the time to do it since next week is Spring Break... I just need to make myself put on my shoes and run.
Maybe I should blame this on Mysti since she visited last week and now I am out of my running groove. hahhaa.
It was my evil plan all along was to come to Knoxville and mess with your running groove ;)
ReplyDeleteYou will do great!! You've ran 11 miles and have 3 weeks to have just a couple more. Maybe you just needed a little kick today to get focused for the last few weeks.