Run Down

After the week I had the previous week and then my "long" run last weekend, I was sure I was spreading myself a little too thin. I felt uninspired, tired and just generally unmotivated. I was sleep-deprived, stressed over work and not feeling myself. Massive amounts of coffee just was not making a difference.

Another extremely busy week and I about hit my breaking point. I decided to take Friday off. I of course did not go to bed early and did not sleep in, so it ended up being a wasted effort to relax. Steph had me go with her to an exercise class at the Y and it nearly killed me. I am hoping it is the lack of sleep that caused me to feel sick and weak at the end of the 45 minutes, but I am not sure. As I type this, my legs are a little sore still.

I did get some decent sleep (for once) last night, but I am still not feeling myself. Here it is a beautiful sunny day and I don't feel like heading out on a run. I almost wish it were a rainy day out - then I'd almost have a legitimate excuse for not doing anything outside. I think if I get moving and do something I'll feel better. I hate not accomplishing anything. It is a little early to really do much official yard work, but there is enough to keep me busy outside to get prepared. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the things that need done this year. The list is endless, so I won't bother going into details.

This does not bode well for my training for an undeclared half marathon this spring... I have until May for any of the races I was looking at and my training was a little ahead, but still... I have lost some momentum and I don't like it. Perhaps it is the fact that I have not signed up for a specific race, but I'm not sure.

Any words of inspiration from anyone out there would be helpful.

ho hum

This blog is supposed to be about me and my running. I do not have much to tell unfortunately. I did run on Monday morning - a relatively fast 5k in the neighborhood and also this morning - normal 5 mile route and pace... a bit boring. Very uninspiring.

Some weekends I struggle to get a run in and there have been a few recently where I didn't run at all - I just didn't care.

What is going on? I wish I had an answer.

Time seems to be a commodity that I have little of these days. I try to get stuff done and still don't have time. I actually played hooky from work on Monday to mow the lawn, do some laundry and shampoo the carpets - I really know how to have fun on my day off! But this didn't get done on the weekend, and needed to be done.

So, feeling somewhat caught up, I can relax just a bit. But there is a huge list of things to do and it looks like we'll be taking a stay-cation this year and working around the house... oh the times they are a-changing...