September 19, 2023 - Missed Runs, Ugghh

I skipped my morning run today. It wasn't a big run. Just 30 minutes at a recovery pace. A run of pretty low consequence in my training plan. But I skipped it, and that bugs me like crazy. It'll bug me all day. I'll think about where I might squeeze in a 30 minute run into my work day. And I shouldn't do that. I should just skip the run, let it slide, and move on into my track workout this evening.

Why'd I miss the run? I woke up in the middle of the night with an absolute cracking headache. An absolute whopper of pain. I was eventually able to get back to sleep after a heavy dose of ibuprofen kicked in, but then woke up to my alarm still with a background headache and extra tired having lost an hour or so of sleep. It was no longer that same initial pain, but enough to feel really uncomfortable and not at ease. So, a bit tired and a bit uncomfortable, I decided to skip the run. A few minutes of extra sleep. Some moments to try to feel a bit better.

Had it not been a run I was skipping, but a strength workout or some stretching and balance exercises, I would not give it a second thought. I have no problem skipping those workouts for no reason whatsoever. Heck, I skip them all the time just because I forget I've schedule them or because I'm not in the mood. But a planned run, that sticks with me. That irks me. That bugs me for an entire day. 

I will be able to not make it up...today. But I also know what I will do. I'll mentally account for those missed 3.5 miles and I'll grab those miles back in bits and pieces throughout the rest of the week. A mile added to my run tomorrow evening. A longer warm up before Friday's tempo session. Just a little bit at a time, the miles will be captured.

I can't let it go. I should. I can't. Maybe once I'm done with marathon training and its heavy focus on weekly mileage targets, I won't feel that way. I doubt it. Miles are miles. They need to be run. At least, that's what my brain is constantly whispering quietly so I can barely hear it, but hear it I do.

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