Every day can't be fantastic...that's just a fairy tale. Though I don't mind telling you I would find glass slippers dazzling additions to my footwear collection. Nope, that's not reality. Some days you just wake up and wish you could go right back to bed and stay there. Today may just be one of those days for me. Thank goodness I had a decent leg stretcher in the middle of the day...one must rejoice in the small things.
I almost did not get the run in. I had about a 45 minute window for a lunch break opportunity (and that included changing and shower time). It almost did not seem worth it to me. Habit won out, thank goodness, I really needed it. Just me, my thoughts and the pavement. It was mind cleansing and body loosening on a day I really needed it. However, when I set out on the run, I did not yet know I was really going to need the stress relief beyond the normal wear and tear of a busy Washington day (well, and some other stuff) just yet. It all started right as I finished the run. That's when the email came in about the article. The hateful, self-possessed opinion of a Washington magazine blogger. I went from relaxed and loose to livid and steaming in 10 seconds flat...just imagine if I hadn't just spent the previous 30 minutes meditating with my running shoes. So it goes. When I got back to my desk a colleague who knew about the article said I looked like I could use another run. Yes. Yes I could.
It's over now. What can you do...well carrying on my dream to live in a fairy tale world I just might hope he turns into an ugly creature at the hands of my fairy godmother (he looks a little trollish anyway). Anyway, I thank my running shoes for providing me a moments peace when I needed it. Happy trails!!!
Stats -
Miles: 3.7
Time: 30:42 (average pace of 8:17 per mile)
Location: Capitol Hill, Lincoln Park, Stanton Park
Feeling: Great while running, steamed otherwise
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13 February 2012
Ten percent...
Today was the federal budget roll out, so crunching percentage increases and decreases, overages and so on was the game of the day. It didn't stop with the end of the work day either...I surpassed the ten percent point on my year-long goal to hit 1000 miles by the end of 2012. The run was not what I expected for the one that would cross that milestone, but hey, miles are miles.
So why did my ten percent run end up occurring on a treadmill instead of the road or some nice trail somewhere? Yeah, my bad, I did not take my trail shoes with me this weekend to Ohio. The snow fall was pretty decent, at least decent enough to require better tread than my street shoes, so I was relegated to a no run weekend and a treadmill ten percenter. With luck, I'll cross the twenty percent threshold out on the open road :) Happy trails!
Stats -
Miles: 4.0
Time: 33:35 (average pace of 8:23 per mile)
Location: Treadmill hell at 24 Hour Fitness, Annapolis
Feeling: Outside would be better, but who can complain
So why did my ten percent run end up occurring on a treadmill instead of the road or some nice trail somewhere? Yeah, my bad, I did not take my trail shoes with me this weekend to Ohio. The snow fall was pretty decent, at least decent enough to require better tread than my street shoes, so I was relegated to a no run weekend and a treadmill ten percenter. With luck, I'll cross the twenty percent threshold out on the open road :) Happy trails!
Stats -
Miles: 4.0
Time: 33:35 (average pace of 8:23 per mile)
Location: Treadmill hell at 24 Hour Fitness, Annapolis
Feeling: Outside would be better, but who can complain
11 February 2012
Doe a deer...
In full disclosure, this is really a post about yesterday's run. Today's run may or may not happen due to a pretty decent amount of snow coming down from the sky. Since I brought my street shoes - not my trail shoes - with me (silly Stacie), it likely won't happen absent the streets being salted and plowed well (which has not happened as of this writing...my shot at running today).
Anyway, back to the topic at hand...yesterday's run. I'm pretty sure I've figured out why morning runs are very challenging for me. I often put off eating until afterward, so no fuel, and my attitude toward a morning run is "let's just get the torture over." Add the two together, and you get stiff legs, sluggish speeds and a desire to go back to bed. Yesterday was no exception.
That said, at least the scenery is worth the effort. I ran one of the directions I go for longer routes, which goes near Sandy Point State Park. The temperature wasn't too bad, probably about 35. It was relatively quiet, route 50 traffic aside. And the cool part, I ran past a family of deer that seemed to think I was an oddity in my brightly colored running hat which wildly sticks out in all directions. Happy trails!
Stats -
Miles: 5.51
Time: 48:18 (average pace 8:45 per mile)
Location: Broadneck Peninsula, Log Inn Road
Feeling: Slow and sluggish
Anyway, back to the topic at hand...yesterday's run. I'm pretty sure I've figured out why morning runs are very challenging for me. I often put off eating until afterward, so no fuel, and my attitude toward a morning run is "let's just get the torture over." Add the two together, and you get stiff legs, sluggish speeds and a desire to go back to bed. Yesterday was no exception.
That said, at least the scenery is worth the effort. I ran one of the directions I go for longer routes, which goes near Sandy Point State Park. The temperature wasn't too bad, probably about 35. It was relatively quiet, route 50 traffic aside. And the cool part, I ran past a family of deer that seemed to think I was an oddity in my brightly colored running hat which wildly sticks out in all directions. Happy trails!
Stats -
Miles: 5.51
Time: 48:18 (average pace 8:45 per mile)
Location: Broadneck Peninsula, Log Inn Road
Feeling: Slow and sluggish
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