A Rare Run

99% of the time I feel energized and happy after I run. Today... not so much. Today was one of those rare runs, thank goodness.

I couldn't get myself out of bed this morning (again) to run before school. The alarm has been set for extra early yesterday and today so that I would have time to run at least 6 or so miles before heading to school to be there on time to get everything all set and ready for STAR testing. Great idea...right? The problem is or was that the last 2 mornings the alarm has rung and I have turned it off and rolled over.

No big deal I tell myself...you can leave work early today and run run run. So, yesterday I left work early (staff meeting was short) and headed out for my 6.5 run. It felt just fine starting out and got better as I got going. I even ran the run into the YMCA to lift weights. Wonderful after school workout! So, today when the alarm went off at that gosh awful early early hour, I vowed to run after school again. No problem.

But, it was... I didn't want to go for a run when Abbey and I got home from school 2 hours earlier than most Wednesdays. I had to convince myself that if I started out I would feel better by mile 2 or 3 and would then probably feel so good that I would add on to make it an 8 miler. Ha. No dice. Today was one of those runs when the acid is bubbling in your tummy and your legs feel like cement. Every mile seems so slow and heavy even when you are going your normal easy pace. The problem is that it doesn't feel easy.

At mile 3 or so I decided to really slow down. That was probably what made the last 2.5 miles so awful. They took FOREVER. So, today I didn't love running. I didn't even like it. 5.51 miles of torture.

Tomorrow I am getting up extra early and running with the extra early HRT people if it kills me. (By extra early, I mean the people who meet to run even before the "normal" 5:30 group starts out. I am NOT running after school tomorrow and I have to be on time to work for just one more day. I can hide my yawns as I walk around and encourage young children to prove their smarts with a test and bubble sheet.

GO Team McKee!