In which I fall off the wagon...
Last week, I started my month of nights at work. I am now one long week through it, with only three more to go. Yay! But I'm already losing sight of the plans and goals that I had had prior to starting my month of nights, and I'm not sure how to motivate myself to get that back (hopefully, this might help...)
On May 2nd, I'm running a half-marathon. That's 13.2 miles, for those of you counting. So far, the farthest that I've been able to run has been a little over eight miles--and I'm okay with the cardio aspect, but my knees are NOT okay with the distance. I think that I am increasing my distance too quickly, as I've had this kind of knee pain before and it's always when I push myself to distances that I haven't worked up to running. So, I need to run more to get my body used to the greater distances, right? That was the conclusion that I had reached before I started night shift, and I had it all planned out--set the alarm for 8 a.m. every day so I don't get too used to sleeping in late, go to bed as soon as I get home from work, etc. And, well, I'm only one week in and I've already massively screwed that up :( It was almost noon when I woke up this morning--guess I got too used to sleeping through the alarm clock. And I haven't been running in a week. And I had jelly beans for lunch.
So I guess it's time to try to re-invigorate that drive and try again. This is the part that sucks--when you set goals, and you fail at them, and you have to convince yourself that the extra effort to try again is worth it in the end. So this afternoon, I'm going to clean up a bit and take some ibuprofen and then run around Zorinsky and see if I can't make something of this slob that I have become. Wish me luck.
On May 2nd, I'm running a half-marathon. That's 13.2 miles, for those of you counting. So far, the farthest that I've been able to run has been a little over eight miles--and I'm okay with the cardio aspect, but my knees are NOT okay with the distance. I think that I am increasing my distance too quickly, as I've had this kind of knee pain before and it's always when I push myself to distances that I haven't worked up to running. So, I need to run more to get my body used to the greater distances, right? That was the conclusion that I had reached before I started night shift, and I had it all planned out--set the alarm for 8 a.m. every day so I don't get too used to sleeping in late, go to bed as soon as I get home from work, etc. And, well, I'm only one week in and I've already massively screwed that up :( It was almost noon when I woke up this morning--guess I got too used to sleeping through the alarm clock. And I haven't been running in a week. And I had jelly beans for lunch.
So I guess it's time to try to re-invigorate that drive and try again. This is the part that sucks--when you set goals, and you fail at them, and you have to convince yourself that the extra effort to try again is worth it in the end. So this afternoon, I'm going to clean up a bit and take some ibuprofen and then run around Zorinsky and see if I can't make something of this slob that I have become. Wish me luck.