Tired
This entry was posted on 6/11/2011 5:34 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
I can definitely feel the increase in mileage. After work, the plan was to run an very easy 7 mile recovery run. Even though I got a really solid night's sleep, I still felt tired all day. So it was pretty easy to run easy and not think about pace. Just a few minutes into the run I was already having that conversation with myself: "what difference does it make if today's run is 5 instead of 7?" But instead of mentally giving up before even giving my legs a chance to warm up, I told myself to just get to the 3 mile point and see how it feels. By the time I got there, it was easy to decide to go another 1/2 mile then turn around. So I got 7 in after all, and even though I felt like I was dragging, I still ran @ 53 minutes. Today was a good mental workout, reinforcing the lesson that sometimes you have to run when you're tired.
