My running isn’t quite what it should be. It isn’t for a lack of coaching. It’s all my doing, or NOT doing rather.
Somehow, tonight, I managed to get up and get going at around 7 pm. I grabbed my reflective vest, my not-so-effective head light, and my not-so-young-and-energetic dog. Out we went into the dark of the night.
Lucky, bless his heart, did his best to hang with me for the first mile. After that, he took up the rear of our sidewalk caravan. I tried to stay cheery as I coaxed him to keep moving back to the house. Then, I returned to the streets near our home for the final 1.3 miles of a 3 mile run.
By this time in the week, I *should have* completed my speed workout, but I haven’t. It’s not likely that I will get to a track during tomorrow’s lunch either. I’ve located one that is 1.5 miles from the office but I’m not sure that the local high school wants the community on their track during the school hours.
My problem has been that instead of running a different workout at lunch, I don’t run at all. I keep working and convince myself that I’ll leave early and do it after work. But that never seems to happen.
So…my plan for tomorrow is to run during lunch. Either I will do my speed workout or not – but I plan to run because it is no fun to run in the dark of night.
change is always hard. I struggle in new situations, vacationing or what not and having to figure out where and when to run. I think sometimes we don’t even realize how set in our ways we are…until we are forced into something new.
good luck with your ever changing life!
I can empathize with not running when one “should” – but the fact that you get it in at all should be applauded, given your busy, boy-filled life. You do great!
Do be careful if you do run in the dark by yourself.
I hope you were able to get your lunch run in.