"Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired."
I don't know what happened. So many things went wrong today during my run.
I know you shouldn't eat before you run, but with how little I eat, I figure it couldn't harm me. I had like a 1/3 cup of Life Cereal, stretched, and walked out the door. I was more tired than I have been this week. I haven't been sleeping well.
I started running and my knees were feeling pretty weak. Then my ankles began to hurt. I would say that I was running faster than usual. I got around the graveyard the first time and checked my watch.....THIRTEEN minutes???? I am pretty sure Trav and I need to remeasure the graveyard because I KNOW I was running faster than a frickin 13 minute mile!!!! This was the only place I had trained for the Plain City 5k last year, no WONDER i was so shocked at how fast I ran the 5k. I was probably really running 4 to 5 miles each flippin time I trained!!!! Anyways, if we can't get to measuring the graveyard soon, I am not running there ANYMORE.
Anyways, I kept running. After I got about 1/2 way done with the next lap, I gave up. My ankles and knees were hurting, I couldn't breath, I was FREEZING, and to top it off, they were mowing the lawn so my allergies basically took over. I stopped running, and I cut through the graveyard and went home. I don't know if my breakfast affected me or not, but I don't think I want to take anymore chances. I will either wake up earlier to eat, or not eat until AFTER I run.
LAME run. Verrry Discouraging.
Let's hope my "long run" of 3 miles on Saturday goes better.
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Running in the cold (or not warmed up) is harder on your body... I have only run outside 3 times this year 'cause it has been too cold and that is hard on my knees... It better warm up soon!
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your long run. Stick-to-it-ivness has got to rank up there with skill. (Like I would really know anything?????) Keep on getting out there and running.
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