Tuesday, August 3, 2010

9 Mile Weekend

I was scheduled to do 8 miles this weekend.

I set out early Saturday morning planning to do 8 miles. But that didn't happen.

Around mile 5, I was worn the hell out. I was thinking 3 more in the Atlanta heat (even though it wasn't even 10am yet) was just going to be misery. Then, a distant bell rang in my head - I just recently read an article about the benefits of splitting up longer training runs when prepping for marathons. Ok, I'm only prepping for a 1/2, and I didn't read the article carefully, but as I was already registered for a 5k Sunday morning, I figured I could call it a day at 6 miles on Saturday and not feel too guilty.

So that's what I did!

Cut to Sunday AM.
Brian came down to Centennial Park with me for the race since all of our friends had conflicts. (Some of them just had warm, cozy, comforter-covered conflicts, but who can begrudge someone a sleep-in morning?) I got my number and waited for the start, enjoying the sights and sounds of a bunch of veterinarian conference attendees up way too early on a Sunday.

When the gun went off, I started running, but within two minutes, my body was flipping me the bird. It's not unheard of for me to feel sluggish at the beginning of the run and then get past it about five minutes in, but my legs just kept getting heavier and heavier. My body was all "Fuck YOU. I did SIX miles of intervals yesterday! I hate you! Bitch."

I managed to run a respectable amount of the race (probably 2/3) alternating with walking intervals, so I feel no guilt. Of course, when I got to the finish and they were all out of shirts in my size, I was a little dejected. There's allegedly a shirt coming in the mail, so we'll see what happens with that.

Despite the semi-crummy happenings of the morning, I'm still glad I did it. 1. It benefited shelter animals. 2. It's one more time that I trained my diligence and discipline muscles a little. I'll take it!

2 comments:

Stephanie P said...

GAH I"M SORRY!!!! Comforter covered conflicted person.

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