Kind of like Seinfeld, except not nearly as funny. I have had a bad week. I think that is putting it mildly, but I am still standing, and I guess that says something, though I am not sure what. Probably that I am either too stubborn or too stupid to just give up. I hate when my life gets this way because my running inevitably suffers for it. I ran a little on Sunday, I did a good workout on Tuesday and last night I ran and I swear my legs felt like they were made of lead. So I walked today at lunch and had hoped to do a run tonight, but as usual the fates conspired against me and I found myself on the side of the road with a flat tire and so I had to go and buy two new tires and suddenly my evening was all gone. I am hoping that the little I have done (with speedwork...extra hope there) is enough to get me through what feels like my billionth 5K this weekend.
Seriously, at first I was really fired up about this summer series thing. Now I am just burning out. It is keeping me from doing the long runs that I so deperately need to do- not only for training, but for my mental health! I have gotten to the point where I feel like a fraud somehow if my mileage for the week is too low. I make myself crazy obsessing over numbers ALL the time.
But one good thing that my race schedule has done for me as of late is to help me make much better food choices. I use the Weight Watchers points system and the whole time I have done it, it has always been about how much food I can get for the least amount of points, but now the focus has shifted to what foods will better feed my body, thereby helping me run better. This can't be a bad thing.
Well, I have to cut this short. Duty calls. Duty always calls. That was supposed to be a part of the ramblings, but...
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