an open letter to myself

man, i am a bad blogger these days! i have run since my last post - i promise. most recently, i ran 2.5 miles last night...very, very slowly. i'm a bit concerned that it will take me about 55 minutes to run the shamrock shuffle this year - quite the change from last year's race.

i just have to make sure i don't let that get me down. i have to force myself to remember that march 25 will be just another day on my way to truly getting back into the kind of shape i want to be in eventually. so just to remind myself...

dear self:

quit being such a doucherocket. your body can only do so much, especially when you're not keeping up with your training schedule like you should. so stick with it, and don't expect results when you're not putting forth the effort. you will get faster and stronger eventually. in the meantime, tell the gremlin to fuck off and just remember to enjoy the runs you do - how great they are when you just let your body take you without focusing on how fast or far you're going.

all that matters is that you get to the starting line in october.

love,
me

25 minutes

first song on the shuffle: "come around" by sister hazel

accidentally did a fartlek workout. i started out pretty slowly for the first 5 minutes, i would say. then the next thing i knew, i was breathing pretty heavily. i slowed down and then a few minutes later found myself running faster again. i have no idea why i do this to myself. now should be the time to just build up my endurance. i guess i still just can't come to terms with how out of shape i am. gotta work on slowing down before i hurt myself...again.

lifted legs (press, quad extension, hamstring extension, squats) and abs (100 crunches - variety on incline bench and captain's chair).

tomorrow: rest day