So I know I set a schedule for myself. A plan if you will. I haven’t yet counted the weeks till October 11th, nor have I sent in my payment. A part of me is scared to. I don’t know why, I’ve done it once before but the first time? Was easy-peasy. This time? I’m fighting an injury. I’m fighting the stifling DC summer heat which I’ve done once before and hated it the first time so…what part of me thinks the second time will be even easier?
It won’t be. I knew that when I woke up this morning and sauntered down to the Willard Hotel on Penn for a morning conference. I knew that when I went to pick up my glasses at 5pm and felt suffocated by the heat that wrapped me in a blanket that I didn’t want to be in. I felt hot in my own skin.
Fortunately, by the time I got my butt to the gym, even though I didn’t want to go, I felt better enough to go for a short run. I probably got in about two miles. If that. My heart wasn’t in it. I didn’t have a route planned out, I didn’t have my nike + which I ran with all last summer if only because it reminded me of my goals. Times, distances. It had it all.
My knees aren’t too achy, I came out with a sweat that reminded me how good it felt to shed some weight. Because nothing feels better than a nice shower and then slinking into the jacuzzi after a run on a warm almost-summer evening.
I think I need a trainer though. My plan isn’t exactly going well…I’m not nearly motivated enough, and I should be! This time last summer I was well into the first five weeks of training. I mean, I could back out but mom is already planning on going down to see it, same with Sister. Boyfriend’s parents are going to be there too…so it’s like all the people that mean the most to me, are going to be there, to see me accomplish something great and I have to do it. I have to finish. Not like before, not half-assedly. But finish well. I want to finish in 5:30. If i could do that, I would shave an hour and a half off my first of 7:00:00. That in and of itself would be incredible.
But back to the trainer, I think I want one to motivate me. To help me work on my legs so I don’t further injure myself. To give me guidance since there’s one at the gym that has herself run marathons. I’d do it once/week on one of the two cross-training/weight training days. I have a pal to run my long runs with and so running on the weeks days – Tuesdays and Thursdays. Thursdays being slow days. Tuesdays being interval training.
I can do this. I can get back into this. Tomorrow morning I’m going to go do pilates to strengthen my core. I need it. I need all the help I can get. Wish me luck!!!
