10 Replies to “The Wildest Most Exciting Weekend in the World and Then the Truth”
ahhhh! girl…this post was perfect timing for me. Today I COULD NOT get out of bed. And I was like seriously?? I slept 13 hours yesterday. So at 7 I was finally like that is IT I am going to the gym. But my foot was bugging me and so I was like "k…I will just do cross-training." I did it and I felt fine but after I was like…seriously? Would it have been that bad to just take another day off? Since when did "foot bugging me = just cross train" as opposed to someone with any common sense: "foot bugging me so ALERT ALERT take a day off you dummy." Daily battle for sure. Its a tough balance between wanting to be smart but then knowing how good a workout feels. Anyway…I can totally relate to this post. You are awesome…and glad you got some miles in but were also able to take care of yourself this weekend 🙂
Sounds exactly like me a couple of weeks ago when I had bad runs all week. The day I had a tempo scheduled was the worst. I warmed up, but never felt warmed up. Tried to force myself into a tempo pace even though I was tired and stale, but only made it half a mile (supposed to be a 5-mile tempo) before I had to bag it. I still shuffled 8 miles which I'm sure didn't do me any good other than to not feel as guilty for not doing the tempo. Of course I still felt guilty. I took an extra day off and slept a lot. The next few days felt much better.
I never realized how much lack of sleep can harm my running. I think in the past I was just so crazy that I didn't allow myself to be tired because subconsciously I associated being tired with being lazy. It's still hard for me to distinguish the two.
Hope you feel better!! Last week I ran while sick, my thinking being that I could "sweat it out". Hah, yea right. I cut it short bc my lungs were on fire. I took the time off, let my body get better and then finally got in an enjoyable sweat sesh!!
Sometimes weekends of nothing are the absolute best!! However this weekend one of my friends from high school got married!! So much fun 🙂
I think everyone gets these days. When the alarm clock is a distant annoyance and your bed is the only world that you are capable of dealing with. It's important to pay attention to that feeling sometimes and not beat yourself up about it later on. Much more easily said than done I know and I am very guilty of feeling guilty. My younger sister is a great reality check for me on those days and tends to give me the wake up call that I really need. It's only one day in your week/training schedule/life so don't sweat it!
TOTALLY get the guilt!!!!! It's like even the smallest bit of slack is a molehill. Wait, did that make sense? For example, I kicked my ass doing a killer skipping/muscle endurance interval today, and had a cupcake at a lunch celebration. I feel like I ate two entire cakes. Plus, I went out for dinner and they had a special that was cheaper than my healthy version and included a sundae. So obvs… I went with the special. Now I am thinking how hard I need to work tomorrow. I haven't been online in like 2 days, and I miss you. I will never get less creepy.
fist off, i want to say THANK YOU so much for all of the support and kind words!! you guys are all so wonderful and really it's always nice to hear a little reaffirmation of the voice of 'sanity.' it's like we 'know' it's okay to cut ourselves some slack sometimes but being the one to give ourselves the permission can be tricky!
julia…you my friend pegged it! and i think u recognized that ur awesome bod is due for a break. u've been running a monster of a month and that foot is a little reminder from ur bod to give it some R and R. 🙂
txgirl…i actually totally thought of u when i packed in my tempo. i do 5 milers too, and knew from my warm-up that anything i tried to do would just be ugly. so it was the 8 mile shuffle…lol. but i remembered how we were talking and that helped ease some of that guilt, so thank you. u helped and u didn't even know it at the time. 🙂 oh, and the sleep-tired guilt thing, i used to be really hard on myself about that but now i have a love affair with my pillow. i hope u're able to get more shut-eye, i know with ur job and hell boss that can be tricky.
Melissa….way to go for being super smart and knowing when enough was enough. lungs on fire are NOT a good thing! and even better that u were able to heal up in time to celebrate ur friends wedding! how much fun! headed over to de blog to check out the dets! 🙂
amy…u always put things so eloquently!! wonderful voice of reason and i'm happy to hear that ur sis is someone who can give you that reality check when you need it. 🙂
katy…why am i not surprised u've got the same little guilt monger??! 😉 and the thing with food/workout more is also ringing true! but let me say this loud and proud: YOU DESERVED THAT FLIPPING CUPCAKE AND YUMMY SUNDAE AND U DON'T HAVE TO 'PUNISH' URSELF FOR IT!!!! okay, i know WAY easier to say it, but i hope u can take it from me and believe it. first of all, one or two treats does not a fat sloth make anyone. second, u deserve to eat what u want and wat is tasty. without getting preachy here, wat helps me to remember that is i think of my sister who i love more than anything in the world. if she were to eat watever it was i had and then felt like she had to go bust her butt in overdrive i'd tell her to relax and just workout like she normally would. it's easier to think of urself in third person sometimes. 🙂 PS- ya, i missed ur hot butt around the online world…get back here cuz i miss ya tons! 🙂
Hi Caitlin! Just found your blog and love it! I'm curious if you're going to be racing anytime soon? It seems like you're getting some great training in!!
thanks so much for stopping by and i'm happy to hear you find my ramblings of interest! 🙂 as for racing, no i don't have anything planned. just having fun running away so i can chow down like a runner and that feeling you get after a nice sweat session. 🙂
Katy, you definitely deserve to eat treats. That's one of the perks to being a runner. You don't need to work extra hard to punish yourself because in the grand scheme of things, your metabolism is already burning the calories. It would take a while of being completely sedentary and eating nothing but junk all day to make any difference.
ahhhh! girl…this post was perfect timing for me. Today I COULD NOT get out of bed. And I was like seriously?? I slept 13 hours yesterday. So at 7 I was finally like that is IT I am going to the gym. But my foot was bugging me and so I was like "k…I will just do cross-training." I did it and I felt fine but after I was like…seriously? Would it have been that bad to just take another day off? Since when did "foot bugging me = just cross train" as opposed to someone with any common sense: "foot bugging me so ALERT ALERT take a day off you dummy." Daily battle for sure. Its a tough balance between wanting to be smart but then knowing how good a workout feels. Anyway…I can totally relate to this post. You are awesome…and glad you got some miles in but were also able to take care of yourself this weekend 🙂
Sounds exactly like me a couple of weeks ago when I had bad runs all week. The day I had a tempo scheduled was the worst. I warmed up, but never felt warmed up. Tried to force myself into a tempo pace even though I was tired and stale, but only made it half a mile (supposed to be a 5-mile tempo) before I had to bag it. I still shuffled 8 miles which I'm sure didn't do me any good other than to not feel as guilty for not doing the tempo. Of course I still felt guilty. I took an extra day off and slept a lot. The next few days felt much better.
I never realized how much lack of sleep can harm my running. I think in the past I was just so crazy that I didn't allow myself to be tired because subconsciously I associated being tired with being lazy. It's still hard for me to distinguish the two.
Hope you feel better!! Last week I ran while sick, my thinking being that I could "sweat it out". Hah, yea right. I cut it short bc my lungs were on fire. I took the time off, let my body get better and then finally got in an enjoyable sweat sesh!!
Sometimes weekends of nothing are the absolute best!! However this weekend one of my friends from high school got married!! So much fun 🙂
I think everyone gets these days. When the alarm clock is a distant annoyance and your bed is the only world that you are capable of dealing with. It's important to pay attention to that feeling sometimes and not beat yourself up about it later on.
Much more easily said than done I know and I am very guilty of feeling guilty. My younger sister is a great reality check for me on those days and tends to give me the wake up call that I really need. It's only one day in your week/training schedule/life so don't sweat it!
TOTALLY get the guilt!!!!! It's like even the smallest bit of slack is a molehill. Wait, did that make sense? For example, I kicked my ass doing a killer skipping/muscle endurance interval today, and had a cupcake at a lunch celebration. I feel like I ate two entire cakes. Plus, I went out for dinner and they had a special that was cheaper than my healthy version and included a sundae. So obvs… I went with the special. Now I am thinking how hard I need to work tomorrow.
I haven't been online in like 2 days, and I miss you. I will never get less creepy.
fist off, i want to say THANK YOU so much for all of the support and kind words!! you guys are all so wonderful and really it's always nice to hear a little reaffirmation of the voice of 'sanity.' it's like we 'know' it's okay to cut ourselves some slack sometimes but being the one to give ourselves the permission can be tricky!
julia…you my friend pegged it! and i think u recognized that ur awesome bod is due for a break. u've been running a monster of a month and that foot is a little reminder from ur bod to give it some R and R. 🙂
txgirl…i actually totally thought of u when i packed in my tempo. i do 5 milers too, and knew from my warm-up that anything i tried to do would just be ugly. so it was the 8 mile shuffle…lol. but i remembered how we were talking and that helped ease some of that guilt, so thank you. u helped and u didn't even know it at the time. 🙂 oh, and the sleep-tired guilt thing, i used to be really hard on myself about that but now i have a love affair with my pillow. i hope u're able to get more shut-eye, i know with ur job and hell boss that can be tricky.
Melissa….way to go for being super smart and knowing when enough was enough. lungs on fire are NOT a good thing! and even better that u were able to heal up in time to celebrate ur friends wedding! how much fun! headed over to de blog to check out the dets! 🙂
amy…u always put things so eloquently!! wonderful voice of reason and i'm happy to hear that ur sis is someone who can give you that reality check when you need it. 🙂
katy…why am i not surprised u've got the same little guilt monger??! 😉 and the thing with food/workout more is also ringing true! but let me say this loud and proud: YOU DESERVED THAT FLIPPING CUPCAKE AND YUMMY SUNDAE AND U DON'T HAVE TO 'PUNISH' URSELF FOR IT!!!! okay, i know WAY easier to say it, but i hope u can take it from me and believe it. first of all, one or two treats does not a fat sloth make anyone. second, u deserve to eat what u want and wat is tasty. without getting preachy here, wat helps me to remember that is i think of my sister who i love more than anything in the world. if she were to eat watever it was i had and then felt like she had to go bust her butt in overdrive i'd tell her to relax and just workout like she normally would. it's easier to think of urself in third person sometimes. 🙂 PS- ya, i missed ur hot butt around the online world…get back here cuz i miss ya tons! 🙂
Hi Caitlin! Just found your blog and love it! I'm curious if you're going to be racing anytime soon? It seems like you're getting some great training in!!
thanks so much for stopping by and i'm happy to hear you find my ramblings of interest! 🙂 as for racing, no i don't have anything planned. just having fun running away so i can chow down like a runner and that feeling you get after a nice sweat session. 🙂
Katy, you definitely deserve to eat treats. That's one of the perks to being a runner. You don't need to work extra hard to punish yourself because in the grand scheme of things, your metabolism is already burning the calories. It would take a while of being completely sedentary and eating nothing but junk all day to make any difference.
amen sister!!! 🙂