I was awake five minutes before the alarm this morning, ready to spring (roll?) out of bed and head down to the college track for repeats. It’s just over a mile to run there, then I was supposed to do 3 miles of interval work, and a mile back for a total of 5 miles.
I made it out of bed, and out of the house by 6:03, and headed straight for the track. Empty. Foggy. Beautiful.
Take THAT Monday! Starting my week off right. Out of bed early, my legs feel fine despite spin class yesterday, I’ll get my dose of exercise endorphins, head home for coffee and breakfast by 7:30. Perfect!
Monday was like, sure, great, good effort… but you’re a little smug so your Garmin’s not going to connect to satellites. Awesome. This was especially injurious because I’d gotten out of bed the night before to go downstairs and make sure my Garmin was actually charging.
After wasting 10 minutes in denial, I used it like the most expensive stop watch ever and ran 400 meter repeats trying to come in at 2:08 or under. The denial cost me a mile of track workouts… but that was better than costing me my shower!
Monday and I are still in disagreement about how we’re setting the tone for the week.
I see your cramps and I raise you vegan chocolate and advil. Cranky kids? Fine, Monday. I will take them outside. Car that wouldn’t start twice this weekend? Greg will take it to work so I don’t get stranded at Whole Foods with the kids. For every down, I will find the up.
At least until Tuesday.
Hi Kelly,
I owe you some comments! I have been thoroughly enjoying reading your posts since you started posting again, but have been EXCEEDINGLY slack as I haven’t commented once = I am really sorry! Hope I can make up for it by catching up on some commenting!
Is your watch playing nicely again now? I use an app on my phone called Runkeeper, which I love, although the pouch it lives in on my arm sometimes causes chafing on long runs which is less than ideal.
I am training for my 2nd half marathon – the same one I did last year, a nice, flat, 3 x round a 7km course that includes a 5km man made lake (www.westernsydneymarathon.com.au). My first goal is to beat last year’s time, and my 2nd goal is to get in under 2 hours. We’ll see!
Ok, I’m off to go and do some commenting!
Cheers from Down Under,
Niki
I’m glad you’re still reading and it’s so nice to hear from you 🙂 It makes me smile knowing you’re out there across the planet, connecting via a shared love of running!