Streak Day 2
I did not want to get up this morning. Thankfully (or maybe not–I’m still exhausted), Doug pressured me to get up and do a 5k run before I had to sit down in front of my computer for work. I really didn’t want to get up though. I just need to remember that if I still had my commute and all the things that go into getting ready to go to the office, I’d be getting up at 6 anyways. Now I just use that time to run instead. Getting up is still hard though.
Overall, I thought the run today went pretty well. I didn’t feel all the aches and pains I normally feel during some of my runs (knees, shins, stitch in side, etc.) and I was able to keep a decent pace. Not to mention, my head was actually in a good place where I didn’t think about the distance. Until I got to mile 2.6. Then I hit a mental wall. What’s crazy to me about all this is the fact that the weekend before they started cancelling all the races (3/7), I ran a half where I thoroughly enjoyed the run up until mile 11 when I hit the wall. And the funny thing I’ve probably been running more now than usual. I think between the lack of race atmosphere and the fact that I’m running 1.5 mile loops (loops SUCK) I’m just struggling more mentally to hold it together. Something I need to work on. I kept running through the wall and did manage to finish 5k. I had no desire to run any farther after that though.
Meanwhile, I earned myself a medal today. No, it was not a virtual race per se. I was earning the 5k (and remix challenge) medals for RnR (Rock ‘n Roll) Chicago from last summer. The night before the race, they declared that the weather was going to be too hot to run the 5k safely and cancelled the race. Because the race medals had already been made, they let us pick them up at the expo the next day. Thankfully the half marathon still ran, but at the time I was bummed about the 5k. Anyways, I brought the medal home fully intending to earn it during the course of the following week. Life got away from me. This is one I’m been meaning to make up forever, but either 1) I’ve been participating in another race (virtual or in person), or 2) I didn’t go out with the intention to run the race. To me, those two things are really important because otherwise it feels like I’m just buying the medals. I’m not earning them. But that’s just me. Whatever rules you put down for yourself on these matters are your own business. Doug, for example, has no issue doubling up races. He’s a weirdo, though. But, he also doesn’t struggle with the mental aspect of the run quite as much as I do usually. Usually.
But yeah. Took me a little longer than a week to get to this. I don’t know what that tells you about me and my running habits. Hopefully nothing too terrible about me. *Insert Awkward Laugh*
Happy Running!
