Week 11

Sunday –

It was only a five-mile run today. I say that, but really, that is still a substantial distance. I still got up early because we had a rainy weekend, and by 7:00 a.m. it was going to be raining again. I ran my neighborhood and part of the one next to us. When I started, my knee kind of gave me some issues—out of nowhere. Good thing it went away fairly quickly. My knee usually doesn’t hurt at all.

The sunrise was pretty good too, with all the clouds around. Both sides of the sky lit up in pink and orange shades. Absolutely beautiful to see. The rest of the day was rainy as predicted. Because of this, I actually took two naps and still slept through the night. Rainy days make for great rest.

Monday –

My shoulder still hurt a bit from Friday’s class, so I decided not to go to the gym today. I got up and went for a walk. It was really nice—after all the rain over the weekend, it wasn’t as hot out.Then I did some home weightlifting. We do have everything here, so I feel like I still got in a good workout, and I was able to make sure I didn’t work out my shoulder.

Tuesday –

I did a 35-minute run this morning. It was easy to get up and ready to go. Running started out easy this morning.Although about three minutes into the run, my head started to mess with me. It was saying, I don’t want to do this. Why did we decide to run a marathon? This is such a dumb idea. A marathon is so far. It’s going to take forever. We are so slow. It’s going to hurt, etc.Have you ever had to talk yourself back into it? I really do want to run this in November! I’m curious if I can. I want to know. I don’t even care how slow I am—can I really go that far? Thank goodness these thoughts of quitting left me fast.It turned into a really great run! Isn’t that how it goes? You may start out with negative thoughts, have to push through them, and it turns out to be just what you needed.I kept a 12:18 pace with two walk breaks. Now this shocked me, because that’s actually really good for me—even without the summer heat. I guess I told my brain to shut up; the rest of us are all in.

Wednesday –Rest Day

Thursday –

Today I decided to walk. I’m feeling sad and emotional, so I wanted to just stay in bed and sleep. I pulled myself up, though. I made a vet appointment for my cat this morning. Something isn’t right.My little guy is 16 years old, and he stopped eating and drinking. I’m super worried and needed to take this slow. So today is okay—I actually gave this morning all I had.

Friday –

Gym this morning. I’m still upset, nervous, and sad about my cat. His bloodwork came back not too bad, so they aren’t sure what’s really wrong with him. But something is for sure. They gave him fluids to rehydrate him to see if that would help kick-start some eating and drinking. I still got up and showed up at the gym today. I think it was good to push and get all the worry out. I’m looking forward to Sunday’s long run now.

Saturday –

Rest Day. My cat never showed any signs of improvement—still no eating or drinking. Today we went into the vet’s office and put him down peacefully. It was a hard choice, yet easy at the same time. He wasn’t doing well at all, and I know he was ready. I am so looking forward to Sunday’s long run to get some emotions out. I’m running it for Jet (my cat’s name) this week.

Thoughts –

I had to do a lot of self-care this week, and I feel like I did well with the balance.

Crying is okay.