Monday, July 22, 2024

Running again?

 Last week I felt like running.  Almost everyday I wanted to run.  So I ran.  I ran more days last week than I have since ending my run streak.  January 2023 is the last time I ran 4 days in one week.  I am only running 2 miles at a time, but it felt good to be running again.  I actually wanted to run on Thursday and Saturday but decided I needed some breaks. I didn't run Saturday because I ran on Friday and wanted to do 3 miles on Sunday.  I wish I had run though because on Sunday I really didn't want to run, and I did not run 3 miles, only 2, but I ran.  

I have been a little concerned about my feet, which is why I didn't run on Thursday.  I do not want to injure myself because I increased my miles too fast.  I mean, I did though... I doubled them (or more) from my previous weeks.  The first 2 weeks of July I only ran 2 miles . . . for the week.  The last couple weeks in June I ran 4 miles weekly, and last week I ran 8 miles.  They don't increase more than 10-15% of your weekly average, and I increased it at least 50% last week.

I don't know if it will last (running more days), I'd like it to, but right now I'm doing what I feel like with my running and not forcing myself to.  Maybe that's my problem, I should force myself to do it, I used to.  Even before my run streak I always ran on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday and Saturday.

I am planning on running again tomorrow.  I thought about it today, but didn't.  I've never really ran much on Mondays because it was my rest day after my long runs on Sunday.  I don't have long runs anymore, but I hope to one day and Mondays should be rest days.

The last couple weeks have been warm here.  Since the beginning of July we have had hotter than normal days.  I love the hot weather, I love having a pool in the hot weather.  

Yesterday and today have been considerably cooler, and today I don't think I saw the sun at all.  I think our high was 70 today, which is so annoying (and cold) after such a long stretch of sunny hot weather.  I am not jealous of the 100+ weather elsewhere, just want to know why it's so chilly here in the middle of the summer.  

I am 2 weeks away from our cruise.  I'm not sure what I think about it right now.  I'm more nervous than excited, I don't know why.

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