Sunday lazies

I don't know what happens, but maybe the weeks have been so long and difficult to me incorporating the running, and lately I've had unexpected things on the weekends, but I've been missing my 3 mile runs... and switching my long runs to Sundays.... and even then, it's been such a game with myself to get outta the house!

I have to start with getting the running gear on... then throw on the socks... then sit and stare at the shoes for a while, knowing the journey they will take me on (see picture) put on the shoes.... and sit there for a while mapping out my run on www.mapmyrun.com ... get the iPod ready.... keys ready.... ugh.... tired... don't feel like it, but out I go...

Gavin DeGraws song "I Don't Wanna Be" came on.... which is such a great song for my head space when I run lately and has a wicked guitar part that kicks off the song... the chorus says:

I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do is think of me and I have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms wondering what I gotta do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me

So that started the run off with a lot of fuel... then it started to drizzle (which was the reason I made myself go as well, because I assumed the rain was just going to get worse)... and I was going to turn back 14 times in the first 4 minutes ... hahah... sad but true... I guess for my my first 2 miles are the most brutal for me... I take a while to warm up... and so I have to play the head game with myself to keep on running. I literally have to take it lap by lap.

My recent thing is to run the loop around Fort Green Park... it's a lot of up hill down hill which is great for training... on a paved path, but I can run on and off the grass at times... basically it's challenging enough and familiar enough. Also parts of it have enough trees to cover parts of the path from a light rain.

Running in the rain was the best part of the day. Note to self, next paycheck get better clothes to run in the rain with. All in all, totally refreshing and wasn't coming down hard enough to warrant me going back... so with all the distractions of my park, the rain, I wound up doing 5.5 miles out of the 6 I was suppose to do. Which for me today I am happy with based on feeling so exhausted this weekend.

So that means extra run day tomorrow to make up for Saturday, and also, I've read to make sure and do a small recovery run after my long run days. I made a healthy dinner and I'm ready to watch Extreme Home Makeover and cry my eyes out :) lol

Happy Sunday... I hope you ease into the night and dream of things that give you peace,

Curly
xo