Good evening. My plan for today as of Sunday evening was to run 7 miles today, consisting of 8 Yasso splits and a warm up/cool down. The road to hell is also paved with good intentions. I found out yesterday afternoon that I had an opportunity to attend a training for work in Lima Ohio today from 8:00am-4:00pm. This put a wrench in my running plans since I had to leave at 5:00am in order to get to the training by 8:00am and would get home after 6:30pm. I decided that I would try to get my run in once I got back from Lima.
I got to the YMCA at 6:30pm and was on the track by 6:45. I started my run and things were going great, but I kept watching the clock. By the 4th split, I was spent and it was later than I wanted to be (although my times were very good). o I stopped at 4 splits and a total of 3.5 miles. I ran down and took a shower and headed home.
When I got home the kids were in bed and Michaela was already asleep. I was hoping to see them both before bed. So I went in and kissed them good night and went downstairs to eat a little dinner before bed.
The reason I say I cheated myself is that I could have run the full amount. I know that the main reason for the decision to end early was to see the kids before bed (at least before they were asleep), but I also know that my heart was not 100% into running this evening. I was tired from minimal sleep the night before and getting up at 4:30am this morning, and used the excuse of getting home to reinforce my lack of motivation.
Either way, I am planning on running 5 miles tomorrow which is 1 more than I am required. I am going to try to make up another mile on Thursday. If things go well, I may try to get an extra 1-2 miles on my long run on Sunday, which is supposed to be 14 miles.
Tomorrow is running and volleyball.
Good night.
Peace
Philippians 4:13
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