I am not sure who all reads my blog but for those of you that do. Have you ever just had a day where it seems as though no matter what someone said or did whether it was intentional to be mean or not just bother you? Well today has been that day for me. It seems as though when I get really tired things tend to bother me more and I have definitely not gotten my rest. Here is a recap of the last few days that I have had. Keep in mind that I still have to get up between 5:30 and 6 in the morning to take my son to school so there is no sleeping in for me on top of my already busy days I have had this week.
On Wednesdays, I help cook at church for our Wednesday night meal. This particular day my husband had to be at work at 5 so he got up at 4. Usually when he gets up he doesn't wake me when he is getting ready. That definitely wasn't the case for me that morning. So on top if getting up early, I was cutting potatoes to make mashed potatoes and guess what? I almost cut off part of my finger. A friend asked if I wanted to use her ceramic knife and I was like sure. Then all of a sudden she showed me what my face looked like and said that I said I think I just cut the crap out of my finger. I don't even remember saying this so I got so tickled and was laughing until I couldn't breathe. It took a good hour and a half for it to stop bleeding. By the time I went to our Wednesday night class and had choir practice got home, I was up maybe 30 minutes and then was out. Felt like I had only slept maybe 10 minutes but I was out for 2 hours.
I had thought about running yesterday morning but because I didn't fully catch up on my sleep from Wednesday that I could barely walk a straight a line so I thought for my safety and others sanity, I would just do my normal classes. My son had an eye doctor appointment originally scheduled for Monday but they called Wednesday afternoon to let me know that they had a cancellation and they could see him yesterday afternoon. So after school off to the eye doctor we go. I was already exhausted and we still weren't finish with our day. We had a home group that we started at church last night that we were going to as well. I am getting sidetracked now. Back to the doctor appointment. Turns out that he has to have glasses due to a stigmatism. Both my husband and I were hoping that neither one of our kids would have to wear glasses but since we both due the odds definitely were not in their favor at all. I guess the fact that he is excited about wearing glasses makes it a little easier. Oh well, can't get upset because the genes due have a greater pull than you do in this particular case.
Now on to today. I originally planned on running ten miles this morning but I thought that I would just do speedwork and on Sunday get up and run 4 miles before meeting the group and I can get my ten in on Sunday since they are planning on running 6 miles. My speedwork for today didn't go so well. I am not a fond fan of the treadmill. Not even on a really cold day. Staying in one place when running is BORING!!! Then on top of that, going around the track isn't any better. I get dizzy and feel as though I am going to throw up. I have gotten so use to running outside that when I try to run inside it just doesn't turn out well. I did pretty good but didn't quite get the miles that I wanted to get. My first mile was a warm up then my second mile was almost a minute improvement from the first one so I was quite pleased with that.
I am just ready for the race to be here so I looked and we have only 36 days until race day!!! I enjoy training but I honestly think that I have reached the point that I am just ready for race day to come. I love the feeling that I get right before a race and I am looking forward to seeing what my results are going to be. I have a feeling that I am going to PR on this race and just anxious to see how much compared to last year. I have put in quite a bit of hard work with my training. There have been days that I don't want to train like today but I still get out there and do something instead of doing other things with my time when in the end, I would just beat myself up over not running at all. A little bit is better than nothing at all right? You also have to do your homework in running and that is training. Like I have said before, there are very few people that can run long distances without really training. I currently only know one and she ran a half when she was 5 months pregnant without any training!!! But for me that is not an option so I work hard week after week and month after month only to prepare for a race that I hope I will only be out there within my goal time that I have set for that particular race. I am too determined not to train and I am afraid that if I don't, I will be injured and then I won't be able to run. That would not be good for my sanity!!!
So until next time.
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