In my last post I wrote about my crazy Thursdays and how much I enjoy them. \u00a0Now it is confession time. \u00a0On weekends, I am the complete opposite. \u00a0I hear some runners talk about how they hate rest days and how they get antsy to be out again. \u00a0I can picture myself feeling like that if I was on extended rest due to an injury. \u00a0But I love rest days. \u00a0Yesterday I took the day off from running and it was wonderful. \u00a0I loved sleeping in and staying in my p.j’s and to be frank I think I deserved it. \u00a0Lazy mornings don’t feel so lazy when you know you have been working hard.<\/p>\n
That said, I feel a little guilty that today was a bit of a struggle to get out there and run. \u00a0That lazy feeling was still with me and I wasn’t quite ready to let go. \u00a0Of course for many runners Sundays are \u00a0long run days, but I choose to get that out of the way in the week. \u00a0I have to world’s best schedule to fit running into my week days. \u00a0I work one full day a week and the other four days I can usually finish up and head out for a run by around 2:00. \u00a0Even better, I am on a schedule as my kids need to be picked up at 3:30. \u00a0So running simply becomes part of my day’s schedule – work, change, run, pick up kids. \u00a0It’s a no-brainer. \u00a0But weekends are just that little bit more open. \u00a0There are choices of when to run, though they still have to be scheduled around kids’ activities. But that more open schedule allows for procrastination and all my life I have been rather good at putting things off for just a little longer until somehow there is no time left.<\/p>\n
So today I knew I wanted to do two runs. \u00a0My 10 year old and I have registered for Ottawa Race Weekend in May and we will be doing the 5k together. \u00a0He has been doing some cross country skiing and snowshoeing to get fit and today was his first day out running since the fall. \u00a0I was motivated to get out there with him and we had a great run together. \u00a0He was thrilled that he ran 3k without needing to walk and I was thrilled with his positive, “I can do this”, attitude. \u00a0But the fact remained I still needed to get out a do a bit of a run on my own. \u00a0When we came home I stayed in my running gear and thought no worries, just have to get out for some hill work. \u00a0Then I made my first mistake…yes, I sat down. \u00a0If I had just left it at that, all might have been good, but then I picked up a book. \u00a0Reading a book on a couch on a Sunday afternoon can only lead to one thing for me; I dozed off. \u00a0So much for heading right out again and doing hill work. \u00a0By the time I woke up I realized there was not point driving out to the hill I was going to run. \u00a0I managed to fit in a 5.5k run on the slightly rolling hills on my road, but it really wasn’t the workout it should have been. \u00a0I guess in the long run, if there is going to be a little “crazy” in your week (see last post) then there has to be some time to squeeze in a little “lazy” as well. \u00a0Maybe tomorrow I will hit something in between!<\/p>\n
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