I have tried to like running in the morning and I just don’t. I think I procrastinate until the last possible minute to run. Lately I have been running at 7 and 8 at night. I got home at 9:13 from my run yesterday and started thinking how much later can you put it off. For not feeling like running yesterday I had a really good run. I actually passed a guy while running. It was very cool, lol. Okay, cool for me. I am almost always passed by every runner that goes by. They usually get far enough ahead of me too, but not this time. I wasn’t actually trying to pass him, but I wasn’t going to slow down my pace for him either. He was definitely younger than me too so there ya go, I am making progress! I was thinking about back when I started running again back in December and I couldn’t run any faster than 4.7 mph (12:45 min miles) on the treadmill without my heart rate monitor going through the roof. Now I usually run between 10:15-11:15 minute miles and I’m trying to get faster. I am so ready to get this marathon over with, but not ready in the same breath. I just looked up how many weeks I got left and I’m down to 5 weeks 1 day. Wow! Only a few more weeks to get myself ready and I’m trying to make it count even on the days I don’t feel like running.
My new mantra, figured I’d share this one as well for all those that think I just love getting out there every day. Some days I love running and honestly I do like it most of the time, but there are still a lot of days where I just feel like skipping my run. I just keep thinking about how I will feel when I run this marathon. I don’t want to have regrets. I don’t want to be running it thinking I really shouldn’t have skipped so many days. Lately, I just keep telling myself I have to, like it’s not a choice. Anyhow, my newest mantra when I run is me talking to my legs “Your legs are only as strong as you want them to be.” And that seems to be working, of course they aren’t as strong as I want them to be, but they are at least getting stronger.
Also, I have to admit as I’m whining about this marathon, I’m eyeballing another one at the same time. I had wanted to do the Bayshore marathon in Traverse City for my half marathon, but I’m thinking of doing the full marathon next year. Of course, I might just go and do the Charlevoix full marathon next year. I really liked the course and it’s beautiful there. I like Charlevoix more than Traverse City anyway. Traverse City is okay, but it’s really touristy. I don’t know. That’s a year away, but I do know that next marathon I do I want to have my mileage up higher and maintain that for a longer period of time. I can totally see why the experts don’t recommend running one in the first year. It takes some time just to build up your mileage. I think since I went with August though and I started in late December I’ll do okay. Just not as well as had I been running for a year prior to that. Anyhow, going to have some more coffee and try to make myself a mid-morning runner at the least. I have 8 miles planned for today and planning to take tomorrow off from exercise.
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