Tuesday, March 17, 2009

I didn't want to run today...

but I did. Actually, I kept going back and forth on whether or not I would run. When something would come up, I would try to convince myself that it was a good enough excuse not to run.

For starters, I had to wait 1 hour after practice to have one of my track girls picked up. When I got home, I remembered that it was St. Patty's day and we didn't have the ingredients for an Irish dinner, so I HAD to go to the store. 45 minutes later, it was still light out and although I was hungry, I decided to run. That was until Jason needed my help with the electrical for the pool. Since it's almost pool season, I though I should help. It took longer than expected and I was definitely NOT going to run.

Then I remembered that I have a track meet tomorrow (wish my girls luck!) and will not be able to run. That leaves Thursday and Friday to run before my 5K on Saturday. I can't run much on Friday and Thursday I want to do 400s which would really stink after 3 days off. I began to feel guilty, so I sucked it up and ran. All in all, it was a surprisingly good run. I felt great and enjoyed myself! So here are the stats:

Average Pace: 7:51 per mile, just like Saturday. Still looking for a metronome!
Number of Intervals: 3.03 miles around the neighborhood
End Results: No Guilt
Aches and Pains: none
Breakthroughs: I think I'm becoming a runner again :-) Yea!
Age of Shoes: 1.5 weeks

4 comments:

Shawn and Laura said...

you are funny. Its nice to know Im not the only one that thinks of ways to not run....I usually dont make it past the first thing though :)
Good job on your 5k! Thats awesome!

Amanda said...

Thanks! I knew I would feel guilty if I didn't run. Oddly, I have not felt guilty not running all week though :-) I will run tomorrow. Keep thinking of a race you want to run this summer!!

Shawn and Laura said...

give me that link again! I have to actually start running soon!

Amanda said...

Which link?