I've been doing okay at my running, but terrible at my blogging about it. Oops!
My work schedule has been a little different this week than the past few weeks. I've been working a lot more during the day and not at night, which makes it a little tough. I LOVE running during the day, when it is beautiful outside. Running at night creeps me out a little bit, although it is a little cooler out. It's a give and take, I guess.
Anyways, so instead of running before work, I've been running after work, which has been pretty intense. I'm trying not to overexert myself. At the same time, I don't want to miss any training runs unless I really need to. It just is really difficult to time manage.. and I know that it is going to get worse. School starts again in a month and a half. (right about at the time when training is really going to kick up.)
...I'm getting really overwhelmed.
It has been crazy hot out for a week or so. (ever since the week of rain ended. ...I complain too much.) So I've been running at an extremely slow pace. Extremely. Is snail crawl a pace? ha. I'm kidding. A little. I have SO many races to think about, which I love. I'm just so overwhelmed. Starting Labor Day weekend, I literally have at least one race a month until... January (unless I decide to do the Princess again next year. That's probably ...a 70% chance). That feels intense to me. Add school, plus I REALLY need a full time job. ...it all feels like a lot right now.
I'm a decent time manager. I just have to prioritize my "free" time in order to get important things accomplish. (that is a task that I am working on... and slowly improving.)
I ran 9 miles today. It was really tough at first, but I got into it at about mile 3 or so. Then I did pretty well. I cut a few minutes off of my 9 miler from last week. I think I'm doing okay. I just wish I was doing better. I know that there is definitely room for improvement. Always.
My long run for week three is 11 miles. Kath and I have planned out our route and everything. We're going to run to Panera and back! I'm excited.
(shout out to Megi for being encouraging while I had a brief freak out about everything to do with running. I love having friends that run.)
Goal: 1000 miles/366 days
So far: 299.1 miles/184 days
To go: 700.9 miles/182 days
(p.s. OMG. 299?! I should've thrown in an extra mile for good measure!)
Aw, I got a shout out!
ReplyDeleteYou should post your fall schedule on here. I want to see, slash it's a great way to get encouragement from people and know who's running around/with you!
LOVE YOU! You're a running rockstar!
Sometimes the best way to time manage is to be busy adn to just make it work. Sometimes when you have MORE freetime you actually are less motivated to do things even though you have more time. (by you I mean people in general not you specifically). That's too bad about being so close to 300 but you do what you have to do and you are working hard and doing a great job. it is overwhelming but together we can make it work!
ReplyDelete