Day 4 of run every day challenge
Ran .52 miles
Walked .50 miles
I should have known when I decided to sleep in this morning, that it would not be my only poor decision of the day. Since I'm running every day, some of my runs have to be really short. I just ran 2.62 miles yesterday, and I had planned on meeting up with a new runner friend tomorrow bright and early (now rescheduled) so I had intended on running a mile. We are celebrating my step dad's birthday tonight and I have to head over immediately after work. My goal was to wake up before work and run a mile.. Seriously, this is no huge deal.. I work from home and have to be logged in by 9:30.. But instead of waking up and doing it, I had this bright idea that I would sleep in as long as possible and run on lunch... ha! They say hindsight is 20/20.
Seriously -- I have the BIGGEST problem with waking up. No matter how early I go to bed, I will sleep in until the last minute possible. It is a rarity that I do a before work workout. The only exception to this is when I am meeting somebody. If I have plans to meet somebody, I will wake up because I have to. (Hence why I am meeting up with somebody this week to run.)
Now here's the problem, I have never ever successfully done any sort of activity on lunch, besides taking my dog for a quick 1/10 of a mile lap around our neighborhood. I am not sure why I had this bright idea that I would run on lunch -- anything to justify that extra sleep I guess. Since I work from home, I typically make my lunches, which means the 30 minutes is usually just enough time to take the dog out, make and eat lunch, grab a water and take a quick breather before heading back into work. My husband was home sick today, so I figured it would be the perfect opportunity to order lunch (he could accept the delivery), head out for a quick 1 mile run, and then come back and eat lunch.. Brilliant plan, right...? WRONG!
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I wanted to go by myself -- but as I was heading out the door, Sully was giving me his sad "I know you're leaving -- please, mom, take me with you" eyes.. (see above) which I can never resist when I'm heading out for a run. Now, when you come out of my complex - I can either head to the right, or to the left.. The right is my usual route. The route is pretty flat with some small rolling hills. Now the left... The left starts off heading down a huge hill, which of course means that you have to run UP the hill on the way back. It is about 1/2 mile of hill. My hill work has just plain sucked lately. I keep wanting to go to the left, and at the last second will head off to the right. So, I'm running out of my complex today, and I'm just about to head to the right and at the last second make a quick decision to head to the left. WORST.DECISION.EVER!! The first half was great. At my turn around point, I was on track to do an 11:15 minute mile -- which I have not done in FOREVER! Then I turned around (which by the way just happened to be at the bottom of the hill) and I couldn't do it. My calves were hurting so bad.. not even just a feeling of tightness... hurting.. bad.. I stopped running immediately and wobbled home. So much for that bright idea - maybe next time I should start out on a smaller hill.
Other than that - tonight we celebrated my step dad's birthday. Which, of course, involved lots of food - chocolate, laughs, hugs from my adorable nieces and family time. I needed that today. I also had a ridiculously entertaining debate with my mom after my sisters, their boyfriends and my nieces left.
I had forgot to mention that yesterday I signed up for the Chief Maloney 5.6 mile charity run . Chief Maloney was on duty last year when he was shot and killed. I had wanted to do this last year, but had scheduling conflicts. The race is less than 2 weeks away and my longest run post stress fracture has been just a little over 3 miles. I no doubt will have to walk at some point during this race. I typically do not sign up for races when I don't feel prepared to run them. My usual race goals are to a) finish b) run the entire race c) to not finish last. However, this is a great race in support of all of the wonderful men and women that put their lives on the line each day to protect mine. It's a great cause. I am going into this race knowing that I will need to walk some, and I am okay with that. I am excited because my friend Savannah (who is a police officer for one of the surrounding towns) will be doing this with me. Some of my other runner friends will be there as well. I.can't.wait!
Other than that - tonight we celebrated my step dad's birthday. Which, of course, involved lots of food - chocolate, laughs, hugs from my adorable nieces and family time. I needed that today. I also had a ridiculously entertaining debate with my mom after my sisters, their boyfriends and my nieces left.
I had forgot to mention that yesterday I signed up for the Chief Maloney 5.6 mile charity run . Chief Maloney was on duty last year when he was shot and killed. I had wanted to do this last year, but had scheduling conflicts. The race is less than 2 weeks away and my longest run post stress fracture has been just a little over 3 miles. I no doubt will have to walk at some point during this race. I typically do not sign up for races when I don't feel prepared to run them. My usual race goals are to a) finish b) run the entire race c) to not finish last. However, this is a great race in support of all of the wonderful men and women that put their lives on the line each day to protect mine. It's a great cause. I am going into this race knowing that I will need to walk some, and I am okay with that. I am excited because my friend Savannah (who is a police officer for one of the surrounding towns) will be doing this with me. Some of my other runner friends will be there as well. I.can't.wait!
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