You know when things went completely a-wall tonight when I resorted to fibbing...I arrived into the car park and Brian asks 'how did the run go tonight? .... Ans.: great thanks, didn't do too bad.....' when in fact I bloody faltered on the hill and walked for 20 secs...don't know why but I just stopped dead on the road and frustration set in... I ate Catriona and told her to shag off and leave me alone...came back, sat in the car and the bottom lip started to go... but I kept it together...running three nights in a row is tiring but tonight has not put me off...I have a history of just giving up exercise and this time I said to myself...I will do this and dips are expected...
Work during the day is normally go go go all day,then running ( more stress! ), then dinner, prepare lunch for next day , shower and bang it's half nine/ ten before relaxation sets in for a half an hour then bed....z z z z z ...up at 7....groundhog day again...thank god thur and frid are rest days...looking forward to just doing nothing in the evenings...but one thing I am very sure of is this blog gives me motivation to get up off my ass...and people's comments are a boost mentally so I've no choice but to keep going otherwise I'm not going to let these running shoes join the badminton racquet, the wet suit, the body board, the treadmill, the cross trainer, the yoga mat,weights, the rowing machine all stacked neatly in the garage...but fair deuce to me I have knocked use out of my racer!
I am looking forward to sat 6 miles...
training can be tiring but thats what its all about.just use those two days to recover for the long run and you will do well.You're up tp six miles now and a a while back your were doing nothing! keep it up annie and i'll see you at the finish line at up coming races im sure,love the blog,Sinead
ReplyDeleteexactly! roll on the 20 miler...
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the run tomorrow - take it nice and easy at the start and enjoy it, when you have finished it will be your longest run yet - think back to what you might have been doing this time last year....
ReplyDeleteWhether you like it or not Annie - you are now a runner!
Ger
Thanks Ger for the encouragement, it worked! Stayed at the same pace all the way and I wasn't under pressure...thoroughly enjoyed it...
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