Not once.
The tough thing about running is that the longer you take off between runs, the harder it is to get your butt out the door to make up for that lost time. So, of course, even though I have to get in a long run, since I am still training for a 1/2 marathon that is only 5 weeks away, I wasn't really able to get out the door for the planned 2 hours.
What I will say, though, is that even though today's run was very difficult (and by "difficult" I mean that my feet hurt, my knees hurt, my hips ached, my breathing was laboured, and I was downright tired), the never-ending winter appeared to recede ever so briefly.
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| Finally...a bright, blue spring sky! |
As we headed out the door this afternoon, we were treated to cold mist and grey skies.
As we ended our run this afternoon, we were treated to blue skies and sunshine. It was glorious. This winter has been a long and drawn out affair, and I often despair of it ever leaving for good, but coming home today under a bright sun and an ever-blueing sky made me begin to believe that true spring may, in fact, just be around the corner.
So as the buds begin to reach ever forwards out of their winter slumber, trying to grow and bring spring and summer with them, I will make sure that I keep a positive outlook about my running: Sure, I didn't get my planned long run in today. Sure, I don't think I'm as fast or as prepared for this upcoming 1/2 marathon as I'd like to be. However, after taking a week off running and feeling out of sorts after travelling, I was still able to run an easy 10kms. That in and of itself is a triumph. So here are my run stats for today's spring run:Ran for a total of 1:03:27 for a distance of 10.22kms with an average pace of 6:13min/km.
Over and out,
Joy
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