Yes, tonight's three mile run felt like the first episode of a new season of The Biggest Loser. I often run around my block, which is about .4 miles, especially if it is dark and/or cold or if I think I just might not make my planned route that day. So tonight when I got home on the late side, I decided to do my three mile run around the block.
I started out with my music on. At some point, I turned it off to be more aware of my surroundings because there were some people walking by. Then I completely zoned out and forgot to turn it back on. I have a lot on my mind so I think I have missed this time to just let my mind go and do what it wants.
Since the marathon, I have gained approximately 15 pounds. I have no real excuse for this except for not exercising and eating cookies and drinking a lot. But also, my wife is expecting a baby and I am claiming sympathy weight!
As I lumbered around the block, thinking about nothing and everything, my legs felt heavy and I wondered how I could possibly have run 26 miles just a few months ago and be struggling through three tonight. Then I told myself that that is not the point. Today is today is today. And I told myself to focus on what I was doing at that moment, which is something I am not so good at but on which I am working.
Once I finished, I immediately started in on the strength exercises I learned in PT and that were scheduled in tonight's plan for after my run. My planned workout tonight included a three mile run and strength training. I completed this. I could tell you a hundred other things I SHOULD have done or ways in which I was too slow, bad in form, and didn't try hard enough. But what really matters is that I did what I was going to do.
I think it was Maya Angelou who said, "You are what you consistently do." I don't have to be fast or run like a gazelle. If I run, I am a runner.
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