Yeah, my gloves, jacket and iPod you see? On the floor instead of on my person during a run.
My schedule called for my long run today, you know with tomorrow being Christmas and all, I figured I better do my long run today so I could spend Christmas morning with the family. For some reason, I just was not looking forward to the 10 miles I had planned. I don't know why. I normally love my long runs.
Since it wasn't raining I figured I'd take to the streets for my 10 miles. I've been avoiding the roads to give my foot a break and have only done a few quick 3 milers on the streets since my foot has gotten better. I normally hit the trails for my long runs, but it's been raining and I discovered that running in mud is no fun. The mud quickly sticks to the bottom of your shoes and keeps building so eventually it's like you're running in heels. It's not fun having to stop every few feet to kick off the mud.
The night before I checked over my old 10 mile route on mapmyrun.com to refresh my memory and let the husband know I'd leave it up on the computer so he would know where to look for my body if I never made it home. I charged my iPod and put out my clothes. I was excited that I'd get to wear my new gloves.
Come 7 am, I did not want to get out of bed. I checked the weather. It was a brisk 44°. Sigh. Ate half a Clif bar, got dressed, shoved a GU in my pocket and headed out. I live in a cul-de-sac. At the bottom of a hill. So right away, it's a hill I have to tackle. That's always fun when your legs feel like lead. Not. Towards the top of the hill I checked my pace - 13:46. Jesus!
Now the good thing about climbing a hill, is that when you get to the top you get to go downhill! Hooray! Pace - 9:00. Downhills always make me feel fast (Yeah, I know, shut it. Fast for me). Hehe.
I was just not feeling this run. After just the first mile, I thought to myself, "God, I have 9 more miles!" When my Garmin showed 2.5 miles, I figured, "F--- this s---! 5 miles is good enough!" So I turned around and headed home. Now around the area I was at, they had opened a new walking path. I figured I would hop on it and see where it led. Might as well have a little adventure. It led me through open fields, which was a nice change. It looked like eventually they would build houses here. And then I was behind some houses in a neighborhood adjacent to mine. And I knew these trails were a shortcut to my house. Score!
My newly planned 5 mile run (formerly 10 mile run), became 3.65 miles. Ah, well. It's more than most people do. Sometimes you just don't feel it. This morning was one of those times. It was all mental. I knew my body could handle it. My legs and lungs didn't feel tired. My brain, however, kept saying, "Let's go home!" Okay, brain, okay.
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