Today’s plan…
now in technicolor…
I teach today, but I’m out by noon & plan to get off campus as quickly as possible so I have time to go to the Y. I really need to cover a 5k today, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday: I have a race next Saturday (eh gads!). I’m nervous about this race because I’ve been having a lot of trouble running lately…I wonder if my time is going to be even worse than my totally unimpressive time from May. I don’t feel like I have as much stamina as I did in May.
This is one of those weeks when I seem to be questioning why I want to run a 5K or 10K anyway. Am I enjoying running? These days, I just don’t know & that scares me. There’s another 5K in October that I was thinking of running, but now I don’t know. Aaarrgghh!
Breakfast: usual
Lunch: with hubby. 2 pieces of bread, crabmelt (crabmeat, english muffin, tomato, cheese), 3 bites no-mayo cole slaw
Dinner: still full from lunch
Snack: 10 cashews, half peach
Exercise: N/A
How do you all do the colors? I can’t figure it out.
Anyway, remember the main thing about 5k’s is FINISHING…not your time (unless you want to win your age group). Why don’t you see how you do in this one before deciding on the one in October. Or use the one in October to beat your time on this one.
You can do it!!
I feel your pain. When I was sick I did not run for a week and a half, and guess what? I felt good every morning. Woke up with no rubber legs, no knee pain, no hip pain. Magic! I’ve run twice now and had rubber legs this morning, hip click going down the stairs, the whole works. Why did I want to run again?
Oh, yeah, because I am lazy and running seemed like an “easy” exercise to get my ass moving. What a big joke that turned out to be! Easy? Not so much. But I can say that this is the LONGEST I have ever stuck with an exercise regiment consistently (and that week of being sick was the longest I have “breaked” in running since starting in March). So there must be something to it, but I can’t figure out the psychology of it.
The whole time I run, I am thinking, “Is it time to stop yet?” and when I don’t run I am thinking, “Can I make it out for a run today?” It’s sick.
It is such a love/hate relationship. I think I will always have days when I question whether I really want this or not because the fact is that I am not by nature one of those people with excesses of energy who can’t sit still. I can sit still. For shockingly long amounts of time. But it all comes down to the fact that when it is good, it is real good. It makes me proud of myself and a lot more confident. And so far that makes up for the sucky days like today.
Was the 5k back in May fun? I know that some are supposed to have a really fun atmosphere with music and people who dress up and all that. I am hoping that once I do a 5k, I will get all wrapped up in some sort of 5k subculture that I really *hope* exists.