I pretty much feel like I was on a workout vacation the last few days. It hasn't been good either and it feels awesome to get back out there again.
Saturday was my off day, as always. Off day in terms of exercise and off day in terms of dieting too. Holy moly....it feels like I ate in one weekend what I took off in one week. Sunday, I knew I really needed to get out there and do a timed distance run because I always slack on my Sunday runs and I know I have to figure out where I'm at and how I'm doing. Unfortunately, my husband had alternate ideas and we had gotten into a horrific fight that day. I thought a run would do me good and help clear my head, but 2 miles in and I was fuming and steaming. I couldn't concentrate on what was going on, I lost my focus and had to just stop. I felt lousy. It felt lousy walking home. (On a side note, we are going to be fine....we have a lot to work on, but it's going to be okay.)
I thought to myself, no worries, Monday is a new day, a new week and I can pick back up again and I'll be fine. Someone forgot to tell the weather. I woke up and it was raining and cold, and it didn't let up. It rained all day long, there goes my excitment for starting over with new motivation.
Tuesday I went to water aerobics and it felt good to stretch my muscles, but again, because of the weather, we were home bound in terms of our 3-mile walk. Today I ran, and again, the weather cut it short. I ran for 42 minutes and in the 6th set of my 5x1, it started raining. I was afraid of the skies opening up and pouring on Connor, so we turned around and high tailed it out of there.
I have to say, that I am mildly disappointed in myself. I am getting discouraged that I may not be able to do this. I haven't run a timed 3-mile in so long....and the marathon is 4 times longer than that!!! I really need to put my focus and motivation in the right places and really take this seriously. I won't be able to do it if I don't let myself believe that I can do it. I will be defeated before I even give it an honest attempt.
Hey! You CAN do this. Yes, a half marathon is 4 times as long as 3 miles, but we also have over 7 months to up our length. You can do this! Don't give up! And if you can't think of anything for motivation....$120 registration fee + $100 gym shoes + $??? on running clothes...you have quite a bit of money invested in this. If nothing else, do it for the money! ;-)
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, don't give up on me and I won't give up on you. Get out there and run like a girl!