I do! I hate it! I was SO discouraged when I went running with Kristal Thursday evening. We went to our usual venue, and we started out. I was (at the time) excited to be running because I needed to get back into the groove of running, and it is always fun to be running with someone. We began our jog and everything was going okay. However, I was getting winded very quickly, and I was having difficulty breathing. Kristal could tell that I was getting frustrated and she began doing what she does best - helping me through difficult times. We kept going, and at one point, I almost burst into tears. I did get choked up, but I swallowed it back. We finished. We were hot and sweaty and winded, but we finished.
This morning I got up to run, and I started out in my neighborhood. Again, I had that moment of just wanting to quit. It is within the first mile that I felt this way. I know that is when I felt it on Thursday, too. I am thinking that maybe there is just this point in every run when you feel like quitting, but if you don't, if you get past it, push through it, you can keep going. That is my plan from now on - to keep going, to push through this point of wanting to quit.
I scrapbooked at church today, and I was talking to some of the girls about the Run for God bible study that will be starting soon. Gena was one of the ladies that was there and talking to her about running made me excited about running all over again. It is amazing how being around like minded people with similar goals can inspire you to keep going. Thanks, Gena!
Do I hate running? Not really. Have I had some difficult runs lately? You betcha. However, every time I run I am getting stronger. Even if I have a bad run, it is still better than just sitting on the couch. I have to keep running!
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Allison - the first mile ALWAYS sucks for me. I don't know what it is, but it does. I think it's a relatively common thing among runners. I've heard lots of them say that very thing. My running Yoda tells me to take that first mile extra slow to help. I tell him that all if my miles are already slow. Ha ha.
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind even the best of the best have bad running days. It's just like a basketball player - some games you're shooting the lights out, and others you're throwing up bricks. It could have been anything from your hormones to what you had to eat the day before to the humidity in the air - they're all factors. I recall a time during my training for my first Mini - it was my 10 mile long run. At mile 7 my body just stopped. It's not as if I was running and thinking, "Man, I'm tired - I think I'll stop for a minute." Nope. My body just physically stopped dead in my tracks. I stood there and sobbed like a big baby. I struggled through my last three miles that morning and limped inside my house and cried some more. Hard. Yet, the next week during my 11 mile run, I was just fine (and by that I mean my body never stopped on its own and there was no crying. Ha ha.).
You're allowed to have off days...You're a runner now - it's part of the territory.
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