It's like I'm getting worse.

So maybe it's because I was feeling so good about the 20 minute and 25 minute runs going pretty smoothly, but there was nothing smooth about yesterdays run.

Exhibit A:




I only made it about 17 or so minutes before stopping. I was doing okay running-wise, but somewhat suddenly I had a lot of pain in the arch of my right foot. I'm not sure what caused it, but it was enough to make me walk after a minute or so. I tried to start running again but it didn't work out. It stopped hurting when I stopped running so I'll try another run before I call it an injury, it may have just been a quirk. (This is what I'm hoping for, obviously)

My recent dilemna is that I've only run twice the past two weeks. And for no good reason. "It's windy" "I'm tired" "I can go tomorrow" - whatever. So this week I am running MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY - no excuses.

I'm not running the 5K though. I don't know if I mentioned that but there's no way I'm ready.

I'm kind of bummed out about all this.

Tagged

So ... FrayedLaces tagged me awhile back (okay I guess it was like a week. I guess it's been a long week) ... and then I forgot.

And then I was cleaning out my e-mail account ... and then I remembered.

So here we go:

"Six Word Memoir"

Here's the rules:

(1) Write your own six word memoir.

(2) Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you want.

(3) Link to the person that tagged you in your post, and to the original post if possible so we can track it as it travels across the blogs-universe.

(4) Tag at least five more blogs with links.

(5) Leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play.

Mine is: "Not there yet - Will be eventually"

That's the first thing I thought of at least ... I think it's accurate about my life as a whole:

• I'm mid-schooling (halfway through my Master's ... meaning I still have years of Ph.D. and then post-doc before I have a "real job")


• I'm mid- "grown up"


• I'm non-relationshipped (was engaged, didn't work out, not really sure where to go from here ...)


• I'm mid-fit (working on it, but not getting anywhere fast - may be at a plateau ... already?!)

but, unfortunately, it seems so ... pessimistic. Which I think I am, or maybe cynical. Which I'm not proud of. So here's to more optimism ... anyone have any tips? I need them.

Maybe I should have just changed the word "eventually" to something peppier and skipped all that. Oh well. There you have me. I'm tagging people that inspire me:

Pieces of Me

Aaron

Runnin Duff

Rob

Dani

Today's running report: Went out for W8D1 (28 min) ... got to 14, walked a minuteish, got to 21, stopped. Probably the water thing again. I don't know how to "get thirsty" ... I keep a water bottle on my desk but I never ever get the urge to drink from it. *sigh*

W7D3

So ... I'm an idiot.

This run didn't work out so well.

I went. but I had to stop ~15 minutes and walk for 2 minutes before finishing it out.

Problem? I didn't have any water.

All day.

It was 7p and WARM and, as a result, I was overdressed. It was 60 and sunny and the long-sleeve shirt was too much. A t-shirt would have been fine. So I realized I was sweating, and thirsty, and then I realized that I'd had a busy day and that I hadn't had anything to drink since my morning coffee. No joke. So it wasn't so fun. And I know better.

I've noticed I haven't been drinking hardly anything at all for a couple weeks now. I just haven't ever been thirsty except for right after coming in from a run. I don't know what the deal is. But I guess I need to force myself to drink water throughout the day now ...

I'm still moving on to Week 8 tomorrow, regardless. Wish me luck :)

W7D1/2

First off, I'm a little disappointed that I was MIA for a week and no one called me out on it. Tell me when I'm slacking, people! I need to be held accountable for my laziness. haha.

OK so I skipped Day 1. Oh well. I didn't run Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. Sunday was a planned day off so there were at least 3 excuses. And at least one of them was valid (killer headache). Who knows about the other two. After 4 days off of running, week 7 day 1/2 was suprisingly easy. I thought the break may have affected me but it didn't seem to at all. 11:00ish/mile again ... not particularly overjoyed but I didn't want to overdo it ... maybe I should have because I wasn't winded afterwards or tired or sore or ... anything. I felt like I could have kept running considerably longer ... My roomie went with me again and made it to 23:30 without stopping so I may officially have a training partner!

I'm wondering what I will write about now that the progress reports are (1) boring and (2) basically all the same. Suggestions? I could start handing out exercise physiology advice, because I do know a lot of science that applies to running ... but ... at the same time, I'm not an accomplished runner yet so I don't know how it would go over.

Seriously ... suggestions?

haha.