In case you did not know, I like to name things... maybe it is because I did not get to name my children or my dog. I think as a girl growing up, that was the single most reason I wanted children... so I could name them WHATEVER I wanted. Being a Jennifer... there were tons of us in the late 70's/early 80's (like 5 Jennifers in my 2nd grade class). I HATED my name. And more importantly, I depised the name Janet. Why? Well, it is my twin sister's name. I love her... but everyone and I mean EVERYONE always called me Janet. Rarely did they call her Jennifer. I really wish I knew why! BTW: I wanted my daughter who is Kiera to be Felicity and my son who is Brock to be Kenneth. And my precious pug, I wanted her to be Pumpkin (maybe Dolce is better tho).Yesterday, I wrote a letter to Milles. Milles is my treadmill. It took me a while to come up with his name but Milles fits him. I really want to fall for him. I pledge to try. I pledge to run 8 miles this morning. I placed my gatorade and iPod on Milles last night. I left me shoes on his back. My clothes were set out. I was DETERMINMED! I went to bed ready to really try and run 8 miles on Milles this morning.
But something happened.
I woke up to my clock flashing 12:00. We lost power at some point during the night! As I posted last week I substitute ocassionally at my children's elementary school. I had subbed 2 days in a row for a 1st grade class and I guess I was tired.
I NEVER set an alarm. I wake up freakishly early... like usually before 4am. I wasn't alarmed at first, until I looked at my phone and it was after 6am. WHAT? How in the world did I sleep in? I was devastated. I would have to stand up Milles and Tony.
I am subbing today too. I am watching my friend's children tonight (so they can have a date night). I wont be free to run until after 8pm, but I have a long bike ride and my first BRICK tomorrow, so that just doesn't make sense. I feel lazy. My abs... well, they missed Tony this morning.
On the bright side, at least I CAN run. My girl G... well, she isn't running. Go to her blog here and give her some LOVE!
And I feel rested. I think I can rock that long bike ride and BRICK tomorrow.
And to all of my friends out there running Disney: Good luck and I am praying that you have an awesome race and remain injury free. Go get'em!What are you weekend training plans?
3 comments:
That is so frustrating! I've had it happen. The good news is it's only one run and in the end, your training will be fine without it.
I agree with misszippy!!! In the scheme of things, missing a run is ok.
And if you really want the recipe for what have been called the Best Brownies Ever, here's the link: http://eatliverun.com/salted-fudge-brownies/
I haven't made them myself, but I've heard lots of good things about them! Happy Friday!
AWE~ thanks for the shout out. I feel really torn. I'm committing to this recovery in the same way I would commit to a training plan... and at the same time, I'm sitting here thinking I could just take the boot off and go for a run right now, there's nothing stopping me except a little pain... but then I think, everything happens for a reason, and this is my time to "not run". Wow. I just hijacked your blog.... sorry.
SO on to YOU ~ I hated the name Jennifer. Being a G~, I got called Jennifer all the fipping time. What's so HARD about the name G~, so I totally "get it".
I think maybe sleeping in for 1 day, standing up Tony, etc and so forth, maybe it was a sign from (ahem) and you need the rest. I'm just sayin'. If everything happens for a reason... It's one day. One day doesn't make a habit. One day makes a "day off". Besides, we both know you're going to spend the weekend making it up.
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