Running - Week of Sept. 10-16

[yellow]

Just feeling discouraged all the way around this week.

Hang in there, Michele. Some weeks are like that. Sometimes you need to wallow in it a bit, and that's fine. But then turn it around in your favor and use that energy to make the next hour/day/week/whatever just a little bit better, somehow. I have more hard days/weeks than I care to have, but I always snap out of it, usually thanks to my puppy dogs and the beautiful blue sky.

Training hard is hard, especially the mental part. Hang in there. You're doing so much more than most people will ever do in their entire lives. I think we forget that too easily!

[michelem]

Thanks for the encouragement, yellow. I got out for a really good ride this morning and that cheered me up. And, yes, my beagles and the great weather we're having don't hurt either.

[teigyr]

Michele, I hope you're feeling better. It's amazing how those feelings can range from day to day.

While I have had to hang back on running (and am supposed to for the next few weeks per my PT), I did do a tri yesterday. And despite a really really hilly bike course, for the run (also with hills) for 3.1 miles I averaged 11.34 min/miles. Being that the first part of the run was so painful I could barely drag myself to do anything faster than slow walk/job, I am happy I guess it IS paying off. Didn't feel that way but when I finished (after all the swimming and riding kinks had worked out of my body) I felt GOOD!