Ick, Ick, Ick, Ick.
What a disappointing run I had today!
That's about what I looked like after my run.
Sadly, with my change of route, I lost a mile and only ended up doing 4.08 miles. Bwah bwah!
To make it even worse, it took me 68 minutes to run the 4 miles. Double Bwah Bwah. :(
I know that 4-5 miles is a long run for me right now, and that even though my short runs have gotten faster, my long runs are still going to take some time before I start to drop significant time. I know this, really I do, but I'm impatient. And I also accept that I was rather tired, part of why I changed my route in the first place, so of course my time was going to be slower. I understand that everyone has up days and down days, and that, apparently, today was a "bottom-of-the-friggin-pit" kind of day for me. Argh. I want to go faster NOW!
On the up side, I am proud that my endurance is getting much better! I can run longer periods of time before I have to stop, so out of the 4 miles today, I ran about 3 miles total. That makes me a little happy at least (it's the silver lining of my rainy running cloud I suppose ).
EDIT: I also just officially registered for my 2nd 5k in May. Check out my dailymile widget to the right (and feel free to add me).
Questions of the Day:
- What was your most disappointing run and what did you do to overcome/fix it?
- Have you ever had to alter a running route while running? If so, why?
2 comments:
I've altered routes mid run due to weather, injury, short on time, and just plain bored of the scenery.
And as I already told you, don't get bummed about one slow run. If you keep running slow for the next two weeks, then you have a license to complain. Impatience will get you hurt (just look at me).
I've changed my route due to dogs....fog (that street was uber creepy)....and a wipe out (thanks to an unseen pothole). I've found some really great routes because of them though! :-)
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