I had a great run on Saturday. I was supposed to do 3 miles, but husband wanted to go to the park as he’s started running again too, so I decided I’d give 5 a shot (the loop around the lake is 5 miles) figuring that worst case scenario I’d run 3 miles and walk the other 2 back to the car. But I managed to maintain my intervals for the whole 5 miles, and the way it worked out I ended up running on most of the uphill sections. It was awesome. It was the best I’d done and felt on that course in quite awhile. No IT pain, hip was a little goofy on my walk intervals, but fine when I was running. I desperately wanted to get a couple of miles in yesterday too, but I could tell when I woke up that it would be a bad idea, so I didn’t go. Hubby and I went for a walk after dinner last night, but it wasn’t the same. I was admittedly a little mopey and off because I wanted to run and I couldn’t. It frustrates me to no end that I can’t just run whenever I want to. I’m confident that I’ll get back to that point, but mentally I’m already there and my body isn’t catching up as quickly as I want it to. But I keep pressing on because…
Already looking forward to my post-work sweat session today and my race of the month on Saturday. I haven’t participated in a race since I’ve been really running again, and my MO is not to race-race, my goal has always been to finish and have a good time, but I’m interested to see how it goes when I’m actually trying and running, even if I’m not ‘racing’. Full steam ahead towards my goals, I tell you. Not even rest days can stop me.