ie., my long run this weekend.
Saturday morning I had plans of running 10 miles. The first sign of trouble was when my running partner for the day (Tom) had to be practically dragged out of the house.
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| This is not the face that greeted me at 5:30am. |
My stomach started to hurt once we left the house, but I figured it would pass.
Wrong.
My dinner from the night before came back to haunt me. Tom & I made it 3 miles before having to call it quits.
So, fail #1. I decided I would tackle 8 miles on Sunday morning instead to make up for it.
Sunday started off good enough. I was trucking along at a pretty good pace my first mile. I didn't want to look down at my Garmin to check (didn't want to psyche myself out), so I waited until it beeped to signal I was done with the first mile.
And the beep never came. So I looked down and what do you know - I had forgotten to start it.
So I had to stop and fiddle with my Garmin - losing the groove I had.
The remaining 7 miles were a complete joke. It was like my legs had never heard of this thing called "running" and that we hadn't been doing it for the past 5 months. I could barely make it a quarter of a mile before having to stop and walk.
If I didn't laugh about how pathetic it was, I would have been crying. Fail, fail, fail.
I have two more weekends of long runs before the big race. My legs better wake up and remember what the heck they are supposed to do!!
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Don't look at it as two fails, but as the fact you got out there and ran twice. Love the pic. :)
Not a fail - lesson learned. And it'll make the next awesome run feel even better.. Chin up!!
I totally feel your pain. The pic of the dogs is great. Don't worry, it's just part of the training. All runners have ups and downs.
I think you will do awesome at the race!
It seems like I often have great races after those times when I feel like my legs completely revolt.
Keep up the good work!
I hate it when legs get their own brain and just take a time out. Our body's our so weird some time. I think you'll do great. And ten bucks says your next run will be awesome!
Awe, hang in there! love that picture...hilarious! Sometimes our body just can't pick it up and take control...
better runs this week :)
You're going to do great on race day. Just remember that we all have those crappy runs but think about the good ones too :)
Boo bad runs. We've still got time for nice long runs! Hope your next one is great, you have it in you!
Sorry about the bad run! I had one of those a week ago. They stink! Somedays, you just need a good bad run, otherwise you'll never know what a really good run feels like. :)
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