I'm back at it. Slowly but surely I seem to be plugging along. My new schedule has me running at 7am. I wake up at 6:30, do some dishes, stare at Puddy, drink some Gatorade and then head out the door. It's light out at 7 so I can see just fine.
On Monday I ran an easy 6.5 miles, my first run since last Friday. Karl joined me and we kept the pace fairly easy.
On Tuesday Karl and I ran north along the creek and we got in about 8. I gotta say that running hasn't felt great. I don't feel the injury, but I feel awkward striding along the roads. Maybe it's the colder weather and the restricting clothes...? I don't know.
Wednesday was a prescribed easy day and I finished up with only 5 miles under my legs. Yes, 5 miles is a joke; a friggin joke. I've been frustrated because I feel as if I am now way behind where I want to be - where I should be. But, as in the early miles of a marathon, patience is key. Needless to say, I'm moving forward.
When I awoke on Thursday the rain was coming down steady. As the cool air brushed across my body, I thought about running on the treadmill. I quickly scoffed at the idea and barreled down the sidewalk and into the park. The path was drowned in puddles and I did my best to jump over them, but within a mile my shoes were soaked in cold rain water. I kept the pace a bit hot and began to sweat in my jacket and ballcap hat. I looped around the Walter Reid Annex Trails, splashing through mud and bounding over creeks. While running back through the woods, I slipped and splashed down into a mucky puddle. The wet leaves and my wet jacket sent me flying as if I was on a slip-and-slide. I growled then hammered my way home. I got in 9.5 and felt better than I have all week. Damn good really. Tomorrow, I'll take it easy before trying my hand at a "long run" this weekend (long = 12 miles).
I'll be ready to race again when I get my confidence back. I'll get my confidence back when I get in more miles.
5 comments:
5 miles is a joke...but as always, keep things in perspective!
Your day could have been crushed by a 1 mile run at just under 9 minutes. And you could be paying for that effort 3 days later still.
Enjoy the art of running. There comes a time when you can no longer do it - so appreciate every run!
Better slightly undertrained and healthy than out of commission. Stand down, then attack. 4 weeks to USATF XC. You'll be ready to do battle on the frozen fields of Lexington.
As I re-read what I wrote I come off sounding like a downer, which is not what I'm all about!
I just meant that don't worry about the number - it's just that. Be glad you got out and ran, and think of it as 5 miles that you otherwise wouldn't have had. Life, like running, is cumulative. Our bodies don't hit restart at the beginning of every week, month or year.
Do things with a purpose; do them because you want to be out there.
You're an athlete and a competitor, and you can pull yourself into shape whenever you desire. It goes up and down, and around. All good things.
No RM, you are right. We should all be happy to run what we can.
Up until September I had averaged 10 miles a day, which I was sorta proud of. I'm just a little peeved I've fallen off the wagon, that's all. On the other hand, as Dirk would say, it's not the mileage...it's what you do with it (or something like that).
Or, as the Winter Warlock would say...
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