so far so good
My plans to log my longish run fell through yesterday with all of the football activity. By the time a bit of free time opened up, I was exhausted from many hours of sitting in the blazing sun. Deciding the conditions were less than optimal, I put off my run until today.
When morning hit, I was feeling less than confident in my running plans. The half marathon is approaching rather quickly and I had yet to take my running onto pavement. Moreover, my mileage build has not been what it should be. The morning began slipping away as I found reason after reason to delay the inevitable: it was too cold, I was waiting for a text from Cindy regarding joining me, my blog posts needed to finalization…
By the time I finally laced up, every consideration on where to run and how far to go seemed all wrong. The truth is, I didn’t know what to do and that was not a good feeling. I was wrong, after so many years of marathon training, to be at a loss for how to proceed with training for a half marathon.
It’s not that I don’t remember all about the long run build up, fueling on the go, or any of that stuff. I know, in theory, what I should be doing. It’s the progression after so much time off, returning my feet to part-time wearing of running shoes, and ramping up without injury.
I opted for a paved bike path near home. Since all of my running until now has been on trails, I needed to test my legs with a little pounding of the pavement. Baring no bodily messages of impending doom, I’d go out and back 4 miles each way.
Things went as planned. Just a bit past the 4 mile mark, I turned around and headed back. Less then a mile from my car, I felt a hint of fatigue in my right ankle. It was subtle but undeniably something to keep in my awareness.
I can go so far, and that feels so good. But just a wee bit more may not have been good at all. Guess there was good reason for my lack of confidence in moving forward.
Posted by Juls.
Filed under Not Quite Daily Photo, Running is everything
Posted on Sun, 30 October 2011 at 9:00 pm
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Life is a journey and, for me, running is a huge part of it. Just like a great run, it has easy and tough parts. It is beautiful at times and ugly at others. Hopefully, I will reach the finish feeling good about what I have accomplished and leave a long trail of bread crumbs to show, those that wish to know, where I have been.