To give a more complete picture of how my “training” has been… the last two days have been TOUGH. Felt like I went from a personal best to an all-time low… Eric probably thinks I’m being dramatic… but honestly, I was SO discouraged! On Tuesday, I underestimated how cold it was and had to stop less than a mile later because I felt like an ice cube. Yesterday, Wednesday, I plodded along for a mile or so, then… for no good reason… just gave up. Didn’t push myself… just stopped. Became very frustrated and called a good friend with hopes that she’d confirm my rut was hormone-related… maybe?… but No, it’s all mental she said… and suck it up, Jen! Thanks, Lynne. =P For the record, she said many nice things too and I felt much better. Thanks, Lynne. =D So today, I tried some of her tactics like focusing on my form (breathing, stride, posture) in order to distract myself from feeling tired… setting shorter goals (versus my tendency to calculate total and remaining distance)… oh, and she also likes to count fingers and confuse herself with numbers (apparently another distraction technique), but that didn’t work so well for me. I tried!
Well, today I did 5 miles in 1:01:42. Had to walk a couple minutes and got a blister on my third toe… but no complaints…. progress is progress! And I was able to recover from my 2-day rut. Next step is to add hills and pray the weather stays warm. Yikes.
