Diagnosis: Too much too soon?
I think I’m getting it.
I think I’ve learned something in this very first week of following these run/walk intervals, even though I’ve wanted to push myself harder on certain nights.
I think I was hurting myself, and my performance, by trying to do too much too soon. In the effort to “be” a runner, I was really pushing myself, and adding mileage a bit too quickly. I was feeling tired all of the time, and kept thinking I had to do more, more, more if I was ever going to be able to do a race.
This week of doing the 20 minute workout, and supplementing with some walking and swimming, has done me the world of good. Maybe it is a confidence booster for me to go into this clinic and feel able to do this, I dunno. Physically, I have loads of energy, am sleeping mostly better, and the best news: my ankle feels normal!!! Yay!!! I also recognize that I feel positive and excited, and I feel as if something pivotal is happening in my life that I really can’t put text to yet. It’s big and it’s about more than the running, really.
That’s where I’m at. I’m looking forward to my son’s bike-trail-and-BMX-track birthday party tomorrow, and I’m looking forward to the running clinic tomorrow night.
In closing, I was really moved today, reading blogs. One race report actually moved me to tears. If you haven’t already, go over and give this guy a pat on the back. An inspiration, he is!
