Monday, October 3, 2011

Day 42 (10/2): 3 miles / 30:30

Today's crappy weather meant a treadmill day for me today and I decided to take it easy.  Unfortunately, much like I always do, I started with a first mile much slower than I should have, picked up the pace for my second, then realized that I had far too much energy left for the last mile, which I should have considering I was running at a 12:00 pace for mile 1 and a 10:00 pace for mile 2.  This forced me to really pick up my speed for the last mile in order to keep my time somewhat reasonable.  This just seems silly since I can set the pace at anything I want and know that I won't accidentally slow down or speed up because the belt moves at whatever rate I set it for.  And yet I manage to do this every time I'm on it.  My goal for future treadmill runs is to set the speed at a 10:00 pace and just leave it there for the entire run.  We'll see how that goes for me this week :)

I did, however, find my first two miles relaxing enough to spend a little time thinking... mostly about my goals and aspirations.  First and foremost, I really need to start cooking more.  My husband and I don't eat particularly well to begin with and my son is certainly not learning any good eating habits from us.  I'd love to start eating well and, in the process, take better care of my family.  This alone sounds like a lot of work.  I wonder how I'll find the time...

This thought led me back to my goal of running a marathon.  I still wonder sometimes what I'm thinking.  I have moments when I don't doubt for a second that I can do this.  I really feel I'm capable of it.  Then I do something stupid, like announce to the world on facebook that I've signed up for the Cleveland Marathon.  Part of my reason for this is to keep myself motivated to do it.  More friends aware of this plan means more people asking me about my progress... I find this keeps me accountable.  But then there's this crazy side effect... lots of people congratulating me on signing up to run the marathon... What's that all about?  It's a heck of a lot easier to register than it is to actually run it.  I don't know what to say when people congratulate me just for saying I'm going to do it.  I can only imagine how impressed they might be if I actually finish it :) 

But, until then, the song Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie seems to be on repeat in my head... Maybe it wasn't the best addition to my running play list... :)

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