I'm slacking off in the blog department! Between workouts, runs, work, food prep and that pesky thing called sleep -- I haven't been able to hop on and talk to you guys!
Last Sunday's training run turned out to be medicore. My run buddy is currently on VACATION (I'm so JELLY) and so I ended up going at it alone. I forgot how hard those long runs are by yourself. Not really in a physical aspect, but mentally. It was hard for me to get focused, on anything really. My mind was just bouncing around all kinds of different things as I pounded the pavement, step by step. Thoughts of what to cook, what to eat, what I did the past few days, my problems, my friends problems -- WHEW! Exhausting! But it turned out to be good in a way -- by the end of the run, I had no thoughts what so ever! It's funny how that works out that way. How when I first lace up my shoes, it feels like I have a monkey riding along on my back, but as I push through, mile by mile -- the moneky gets lighter and eventually by the end of it, it's gone.
The theraputic aspect of running is what drew me into it in the first place. Of course, I can't lie -- I wanted to "loose weight" or whatever, but I found that feeling of leaving my emotional load out on the road to be amazing -- mixed in with the runner's high and it's almost euphoric! I will admit, by sheer laziness, I haven't gotten in any training runs at all since Sunday. I still clocked in 4 days at The Cave and we did happen to run some laps, so I sorta got some running in! ;)
My run buddy should be back from vacation I think sometime today and we're supposed to clock another 9 miles tomorrow. Not sure if we're gonna hit that mileage. Shes been on vacation, sick, and hasn't really run in almost TWO weeks! *facepalm* We'll make due and put in as much as we can without hurting ourselves. It's gonna be a gorgeous Texas day for it tomorrow. Until next time peeps! Happy running!
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