I don’t know about y’all, but this has been a hell of a week!
I love daylight savings time for the plentiful evening sunlight (i.e. more time to ride), but the adjustment is a rough one! I get up around 5:15am and when its dark…not to mention still cold out there…
eeks! It’s no fun at all!
I find myself wishing that I could just skip that headlamp run or sunrise swim….
This past weekend was filled with trips to Lowe’s for lights, extension cords and automatic timers.
Yesterday I barely managed to squeeze in an 8 mile run while my husband cranked out a 30 mile ride only to race home and continue the holiday decorating marathon. The porches needed garland, lights had to be strung, and wreathes were ready to be hung.
And this is just the exterior!
We still need to tackle the tree this week AND shop for the Thanksgiving feast AND somehow manage to continue our training schedule without loosing out minds!
Welcome to the insanity known as the holidays!
These next few weeks can be rough for us all. Time seems to get the better of us and training takes a back burner to parties and tree trimmings.
I know this past weekend I was a bit overwhelmed with all I needed to get done. The thought of pushing my long run off another week was tempting, but I made the choice to get up and get it done. This got my husband out the door as well.
Taking that 1st step is always the hardest, but in the end it’s always well worth it.
Enjoy the holiday week, but don’t sell yourself short! Get out there and get your training done!
So as I do every Sunday, I got my butt out of bed at the ass-crack of dawn, to do my long run before the mercury hit 10,000F.
I took a quick look at my training log to check the distance I needed to cover and this is what I saw:
REST/OFF
huh? how the hell did I forget THAT little detail?
So as I looked onward to the coming week, it all came flooding back…..in waves.
Next up: a “run focus” week.
One of those weeks where I put my cycling shoes in the corner and really concentrate on just running. I do alternate these runs with swimming because all running and no cycling OR swimming makes Jenn very un-multisportish.
Luckly, I’m only off the bike for 1 full workout and the 2nd of the week is cut in 1/2 and has been turned into a brick…whoo-hoo! Saturday normalacy is restored as I pick up my long ride right where I left off.
The hope is that I can find my strong running legs and locate my A+ form which has gone MIA due to a heavy cycling load these past few months.
What can I say… I enjoy it more and I’m better at it.
No excuse though…I must dedicate this week to try to find what is lost.
On that note, I brewed some coffee because hey, if I’m not running I’m sucking down some java that’s for sure….
Then I started looking for some inspiration for my week O’ running.
Low and behold I found some…you know I always DO!
Since I’m that kind of girl, I decided to share.
We can all use a little something-something to get our week going, dontcha think??!!
ENJOY courtesy of the folks over at Brooks Running!
And yes, there is another because I want to double your viewing pleasure today!!
Its been a hard few weeks, down here, battling the heat and humidity. At times, I think it’s getting the better of me.
Wearing me down..bit by bit. Draining me…Sucking out every bit of want and desire that I have to succeed.
I know we all feel it, that mental struggle that weighs on us from time to time.
Those moments when we ask ourselves, “what the hell am I doing and why the hell am I doing it?”
Sometimes a little perspective is all that’s needed…
To help find the answer that lies within…
“Mental toughness is going out to train when your inner self screams not to: it is frigid outside, it is 100 degrees, you are tired, your muscles ache, and it’s too early in the morning or too late at night. You work through these urges to skip the workout and go out there and just smash it. Then you know when race day comes along, you have pushed the limit so when the race heats up you can squeeze out that extra little bit because you have done it before.” -Joanna Zeiger Ph.D, Professional Triathlete, Scientist, and 2008 70.3 World Champion
These next few weeks can be rough for us all. Time seems to get the better of us and training takes a back burner to parties and tree trimmings.
