A bad running day.
I almost quit running completely yesterday. I had convinced myself at some point yesterday that I wanted to run 5 miles last night, I made it to 3.5 and then almost decided to never run again. Okay, that may be a slight exaggeration, but I felt so nasty after my run/elliptical training (I got on the elliptical after giving up on the run) yesterday that I contemplated that maybe I’m just not cut out for running. And seriously contemplated how dumb it would be for me to even consider training for a marathon. Now, I have realistic doubts about training for a marathon, such as lack of time, particularly when I start working full-time in September, but that’s only a month of working before the marathon. I think the time to do it is now.
Anyway, back to yesterday. I don’t know what was wrong. I have been sleeping terribly lately. I think it’s mostly fear/depression about what is going on with J’s job prospects in Indianapolis, and just missing him in general. So sleep deprevation could be one problem.
Maybe I’m running too much. It was the third day in a row that I ran, which isn’t completely unusual as of late. I wasn’t even feeling sore, I was just feeling blah about running, so I don’t think it’s overtraining.
The only other logical explanation I can think of is that I’m sick of the treadmill. I don’t like to admit that because I depend on the treadmill for 100% of my training at this point (hopefully, less so after I get my garmin), but I really think yesterday I was just bored. Add that to the possible lack of sleep and depression and I had an awful run.
Part of me wants to take today off, completely. Part of me thinks I should just go to my aerobics/weight class. And part of me thinks, Jaimie, you will have hard days and you will overcome them, and that is OKAY, get your ass back to the treadmill and try again.
I’ll report back tomorrow and let you know what I did and how it went (if it went).
Listen to your body! If it’s telling you need a break, then take one and don’t feel bad about it. Your body may need the rest, and if you don’t listen to it, you may end up getting sick and/or injured. Change it up a little bit if you still want to get some exercise…do some extra stretching, lifting, or some fun aerobics class to get your spirits up again.