Day 85: Today's Ten

Keen observers of my posts will recall that I have some bad days, running-wise. They often occur after a day or two of pretty good running. This week has been mostly pretty good, so you might think that I was due for a stinker.

It didn't happen. I wound up running my ten-miler with Michelle and Andy Wolff, and it went quite well. I now only hope that Saturday and Sunday do as well. Those are days that I often run longer miles, and/or run with friends. We will see.

Day 76: Why Run?

Running is stupid. Why do I do it?

I wouldn't, but for GVRAT. Those thoughts and others like them were bouncing around in my head today, as I only got a few extremely slow slog-miles in.

The good news? Tomorrow's another day.

Day 57: As Bad as it Gets

Forget for the moment that I've said this before. Still pretending that you've never heard it from me? Good. Here goes. Running can't possibly get any worse than this.

After a couple really good days early this week, I've now had three stinkers in a row. And today's was the worst. It was an ultra-shuffle from sleepy start to tired finish. And when the pace is that bad, you just want to quit early, which of course I did.

Back to caffeine for tomorrow's planned long run. We'll see what that does.