This morning was awful... I am thinking I may have exerted too much on yesterday, as I got in my miles but they were all at a faster pace than I usually chug along at. Nevertheless I managed to get out. Today was very foggy in Charlotte, NC so I could not run my normal route. Typically when I leave my house I don't like to pass it again (i.e. loop around) because the temptation is too great to cut my run short when I see my driveway :-)
Well the route I normally run has a stretch of road about .5 miles where the lanes are narrow and there is a bridge which barely can hold 2 cars.... AND definitely not 2 cars and a jogger... bottom line.. on a good day it is not truly safe and on a foggy day I would be asking for trouble.
Sooooo I had to do the loops around the neighborhood. Sure enough it was a tough run and even after the first loop (i.e. 3 miles) I wanted to call it quits (seriously)... I made the 2nd loop and definitely wanted to stop... somehow I huffed and puffed my way around for the 3rd loop which by making a few turns cuts off a mile but there was a pretty steep hill on this stretch. During this part I literally I felt like I was running in place :-(
In the end I am glad I pushed my self! Today was not one of those lazy days but just mentally and physically tough - you know one of those days where you had to push for each step. I will definitely remember it when I get to the marathon and have to pull up some motivation that "I CAN DO IT!!".
Lunch update: Hit arms today in the gym got a decent work out in... covered both tri's and bi's. Afterwards Jake wanted to get his run in, after this morning I knew I was not up for a hard run but told him I would trot along for moral support. Was able to get in 2.6 miles but was not feeling like I had good energy so I did not try to push it. | 