Tonight I went to a fun 5k pub run that a new running store is hosting. The run starts at the running store and ends at a pub for happy hour (who wants a beer after they’ve run 3 miles?) Anyways, it’s across the main road from my house and they are doing it every Thursday at 6:30pm. One of the girls I am training for the half with found out about it and three of us went tonight. We are planning on working it into our training program. I was pretty stoked about it and thought it would be a great way to end my running for the week. Well, think again. Honestly, my run sucked. I barely made it huffing, puffing, ready to vomit or pass out to the half way point. I run this distance 3 days a week and can’t manage to do it tonight. I’m the one straggler (not the only, but that didn’t matter to me). I was the one in our group that was behind, which was/is my biggest fear. On the way back I ended up doing intervals and was able to run the last leg. I don’t even want to think about what my time was. I’m grateful now that I didn’t have time to set up my Nike+. It would make me more depressed. So, as I was running I was mentally checked out. I was definitely pulling a negative nancy moment, not doing a good job self motivating. I was considering all of the factors that could have impacted my run:
*I laid out for an hour in the scorching sun a few hours prior.
*I drank a 5 hr energy (for the first time ever) and my tummy wasn’t a fan!
*I didn’t stretch (what was I thinking, or maybe I wasn’t thinking)
*I ran 4 miles yesterday (probably in the same time I ran today!)
Anyways, these are nothing but excuses. Now, the only thing going through my mind is how in the **** am I going to be able to run a half marathon? What in the world was I thinking????? I’m second guessing everything and really hope that I can pull it together. Deep down I do think I can do it, but every time I go and run I don’t see how I’m going to be able to increase my distance. Anyways…enough griping. I’m done venting, and am going to work harder next week! I knew this was going to be a challenging journey, but I didn’t think the challenge would come this soon.
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