I want to wish my Dad a very happy birthday today! My present for him was one we can both enjoy - tickets to a Giants game! We celebrated with a great dinner tonight surrounded by good food and friends, and birthday cake of course! Hope you had a great one, Dad!
Maybe just a few more candles... ; )
This morning I went out for my long run since I work early all weekend and to put it simply, it was a death march. Coming off my great run
last weekend, I was hoping for a bit of the same only to be absolutely miserable for the entire 13 miles. It was literally one of the worst long runs I can remember. I can't even pinpoint
what made it so miserable...but it was slow and painful. It was hot from the get go, and I just felt sluggish and had no energy whatsoever. I was hoping that I just needed to warm up but I only seemed to feel worse. I kept up a decent pace but had to take frequent walk breaks. Just a few miles in I seriously questioned how I was going to finish, and at the turnaround just the thought of running all the way back seemed impossible. I tried to break the run up into parts which seemed to help, but I never felt good.
I ran the same route as last weekend only going a bit further, and I even saw a deer and her two babies dart across the bike path! I also almost got ran off the path by several rude, arrogant cyclists, one who even signaled at me to run on the gravely, uneven shoulder! Seriously, what gives? Anyway, I mercifully made it back home in 2:15, not bad considering the walking. It was definitely a bit of a physical and mental blow, though. I know every run can't be great, but this one sucked big time. On the bright side, things can only go up from here, right?
Some days it's just all work. You made it through, which is the most important part. Next time out will definitely be better.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about the run-in with the cyclists. I'm all about sharing the path, but some folks just don't get it. I had an encounter once with a cyclist who took issue with the amount of trail I was using, even though I was running on the right side right where I was supposed to be. Pretty sure that individual has avoided confrontations like that from that point forward. Worst part when that happens is it can ruin a perfectly good run and screw up your mood/pace for the rest of the outing.