Out of the groove

I'm still trying to get back in the swing of things.  After not running much at all in January, I was knocked out with pneumonia for a week at the end of the month.  I finally got out and ran 8 miles at River Legacy Saturday morning, but am still feeling a bit tired and certainly haven't been getting up in the morning to run.  So I won't be running at Cross Timbers this weekend.  I have been thinking about some other races this spring, but I have to start logging some miles so I'll feel ready!  Maybe I need to commit to another 100 days of running so I'll get off my butt and get out there. . . .

100 Days of Running

After a running lull this summer, I decided that in order to get myself back in the running habit I would try running every day.  Even though I have been, at times, very consistent with a running plan, I find it very easy to stray.  One rest day turns into several, recovery days after a race turn into weeks. . . .  So as I looked forward to some fall races, I started my daily running.

Today marked my 100th consecutive day of running.  Starting at the end of August, I ran every day, a total of 595.74 miles, including a trail 50K and a new road marathon PR.  I think that PR is, at least in part, due to my daily running.

I did learn one thing: it's kind of nice not to run sometimes.  There were plenty of days when I just didn't want to get up in the morning, or, if I hadn't run in the morning, just wanted to go to bed without running.  I have decided that it's OK to have those rest days, and to schedule non-running days.  I guess there's some message here about my personality, that I somehow feel like I can only do things in the extreme or not at all.  Hopefully, moving forward, I can find some balance, following a training schedule consistently without having to compulsively run every day.

In the meantime, I'm sleeping in tomorrow.