If someone asked me to use one word to describe myself, I'd definitely have to go with "stubborn." I rarely give up and I rarely give in, even if I really, really want to. I very much dislike disappointing myself, and if I do, I dwell on it for a very long time. :/ The day I skipped my three miler, I beat myself up over it. I still haven't fully forgiven myself. Yes, I'm very hard on myself.
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| 4 miles, time: 54:27, pace: 13:29, 493 calories burned |
The reason I say this is because I had four miles scheduled today but I really wasn't feeling it. Preston finally told me that if I didn't go run, he wasn't putting out (LOL, silly man) so finally I laced up my shoes and headed out the door. Lately, when I've been running, I've been doing an out and back. As I parked the car at the old highway, I figured I'd just do two miles because I'd worked all day and I thought it was too cold out (I'm a sissy when it drops below 72 degrees) and I just DID NOT WANT TO RUN. Once I hit a mile, though, I thought, well, I might as well do 2.5 miles. But once I hit 1.25 miles, I told myself I might as well go another quarter mile further so that when I turned around and got back to the car, it'd be three miles. But once I got to a mile and a half, I said screw it and went on to two miles. I turned around at two miles and headed back. At 2.5 miles, I looked back and realized that I could finally see part of the eclipse. It'd been cloudy all day, so when we should have been able to see the eclipse, it was hidden by clouds. :( I stopped the Garmin and tried to take a picture with my phone but it decided to die just when I wanted to take a picture. Oh well. Anyway, I finished the last mile and a half and was so thankful to be done. I was also happy that I'd done the four miles I was supposed to do. I really think I would have regretted it and even been angry with myself had I stopped earlier. I'm glad I pushed myself.
My feet are killing me, though. :/
My pace was pretty slow tonight. I just could not, for the life of me, get into this run. I had a stitch in my side most of the time, too, which really didn't help things. Oh well. I finished. That's all I care about. LOL
I have a three miler, a four miler and
oh my god a five miler scheduled for this coming week. I'm downright terrified of the five miler. It just might be the death of me.
Since I worked today, Preston made dinner again tonight. We decided to go the easy route and just throw a pizza on the grill. It turned out really good. :)
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| not a good picture: four cheese pizza |
CONGRATS!! Wow, 4 miles! You pushed yourself and you did it, you should feel so proud. I haven't ran more than 3.1 miles and I'm nervous for my 5K in July. I need to start running more...
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And I totally want to try pizza on the grill. It sounds amazing.
Wow, four miles!! Awesome!! I agree with Aimee, though...keep that phone charged!
ReplyDeleteWhat part of your feet hurt? What type of shoes do you wear? Just curious, as I am flat footed and have had foot pain all my life, but amazingly, that hasn't been an issue for me since I bought good running shoes designed for flat feet.
Thanks ladies! Right now I'm wearing a pair of cheap Champions. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on shoes until I knew for sure that I was going to keep running. Now that I know I'm sticking with it, I'm planning on getting fitted for a good pair of shoes. My feet were just sore. Luckily, I haven't had any other foot problems with these shoes (LOL, besides losing a nail).
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