This week's tally: 11 miles
Can I at least count the 5 minute Dodgeball Game I played in??
This week I got a puppy. Since I got her Saturday, Saturday was the only day I ran. Saturday I ran 11 miles. Yup, that's the tally this week... one day!
Oh well! My advice to runners has always been: enjoy running, but don't let it overtake your life to the point that you miss out. Personal things always come up, and sometimes training/racing will take a back seat.
I'll never forget training for my first Ironman. The race was set for the end of August and a dear, close friend called me up to confirm the date she wanted to book her wedding wasn't when I'd be in Canada swimming, biking and running 140.6 miles. It was then that I realized we cannot put ourselves in a complete vacuum to train.
Life happens. Don't kick yourself when you miss a run because you've got soccer practice for the kids or a friend calls you up needing a shoulder to lean on. And sometimes you just got to roll with the punches and chalk your "unscheduled" day off as a rest day.
Oh! And thank you Julie for moving the wedding date back then! I had a blast tearing it up on the dance floor during the reception... with my terrible raceback tank top tan lines proudly displayed with my bridesmaid dress ;)
11 miles + a dodgeball game. I'm taking it!
This week I got a puppy. Since I got her Saturday, Saturday was the only day I ran. Saturday I ran 11 miles. Yup, that's the tally this week... one day!
Oh well! My advice to runners has always been: enjoy running, but don't let it overtake your life to the point that you miss out. Personal things always come up, and sometimes training/racing will take a back seat.
I'll never forget training for my first Ironman. The race was set for the end of August and a dear, close friend called me up to confirm the date she wanted to book her wedding wasn't when I'd be in Canada swimming, biking and running 140.6 miles. It was then that I realized we cannot put ourselves in a complete vacuum to train.
Life happens. Don't kick yourself when you miss a run because you've got soccer practice for the kids or a friend calls you up needing a shoulder to lean on. And sometimes you just got to roll with the punches and chalk your "unscheduled" day off as a rest day.
Oh! And thank you Julie for moving the wedding date back then! I had a blast tearing it up on the dance floor during the reception... with my terrible raceback tank top tan lines proudly displayed with my bridesmaid dress ;)
11 miles + a dodgeball game. I'm taking it!
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