A Struggle

I took off Monday then ran Tuesday. I managed to go four and a half miles, but I think I felt like Sue was feeling on our Sunday run. I was tired, my legs felt heavy and had no spring in them. The first mile wasn't too bad, but every mile after that was a struggle. Really had to push myself.

On Sunday, Sue was telling me how sometimes she gets discouraged because she feels like she's not improving...like it should be getting easier. She ran 7.5 miles on Friday and did fine, then had to work hard to run the 5 miles or so that we ran on Sunday. That's how I felt after my run on Tuesday. On Sunday I had a lot of energy and the run seemed easy and effortless. I definitely could have run further/longer than we did. Then Tuesday I felt discouraged as I struggled along. I guess you need to keep the "good" runs at the front of your mind and accept that some days it's going to feel more like work. My biggest worry is that I'll have "one of those days" on the day of the marathon. I suppose getting good rest and eating well leading up to it is the best thing you can do to make it a good day.

It was very windy yesterday once again, and then it clouded up in the late afternoon and the temperature dropped about 10 degrees from an already relatively cool day. That seemed like a good enough excuse to me to skip the evening. The high today is still only supposed to be in the upper 60's, with quite a bit less wind, so it should be really nice for a run this evening.

One week from today, Sue and I will be flying to Utah!