PITY PARTY: YOU CAN SUCK IT so, my first big goal of the year was a marathon.  i started out training pretty poorly for it - this i know. but the truth is, i have picked it up and had a really great last few long runs. last week, i ran 18 miles. that’s the farthest i have ever run before and i was SO proud of myself. but the reality is, the last mile was the beginning of the end…of this marathon.  i had ouch pain. ouch pain is different than holy crap my legs hurt so bad because i just ran 18 miles pain. ouch pain means there is something that needs fixing.  so, i took two weeks off. i did some research and i believe the problem is my IT band, which is ridiculously common for runners. so i did some deep stretching, combined with a passionate love affair with my foam roller and some strength (probably not enough).  today i crossed my fingers as i headed out for my last long run before the full at the end of the month. 20.5 miles.  it only took 2 for me to realize it wasn’t going to happen, and another mile before i came to terms with it and started the walk back home. while i mourn this defeat, i knew i had to stop if i wanted to prevent any actual damage and get my shit together for the upcoming tri season.  the loss isn’t a total loss (obviously) if i can get the rest of my year in order. so, today i eat chocolate and allow myself to be sad. and tomorrow i move forward, figure out how to fix it and get moving on tri training. just typing that actually makes me kind of excited about it. when i walked in the door, i wiped my tears (hey, i am good at pity parties), grabbed a glass of water and remembered my new toy as it smiled back at me from living room. it only took about 30 seconds for me to start vacuuming. that’s right, my new toy is a super powerful, bad ass, canister vacuum.  i notoriously HATE vacuuming (along with putting clean laundry and clean dishes away), but this, my friends, has changed everything. THIS has made vacuuming fun! so go ahead, mock, have your way with my newest level of old lady nerdiness. i don’t care.  vacuuming sucked the life right out of my pity party and for that i will be eternally grateful to it. 

PITY PARTY: YOU CAN SUCK IT

so, my first big goal of the year was a marathon.  i started out training pretty poorly for it - this i know. but the truth is, i have picked it up and had a really great last few long runs. last week, i ran 18 miles. that’s the farthest i have ever run before and i was SO proud of myself. but the reality is, the last mile was the beginning of the end…of this marathon.  i had ouch pain. ouch pain is different than holy crap my legs hurt so bad because i just ran 18 miles pain. ouch pain means there is something that needs fixing. 

so, i took two weeks off. i did some research and i believe the problem is my IT band, which is ridiculously common for runners. so i did some deep stretching, combined with a passionate love affair with my foam roller and some strength (probably not enough).  today i crossed my fingers as i headed out for my last long run before the full at the end of the month. 20.5 miles.  it only took 2 for me to realize it wasn’t going to happen, and another mile before i came to terms with it and started the walk back home.

while i mourn this defeat, i knew i had to stop if i wanted to prevent any actual damage and get my shit together for the upcoming tri season.  the loss isn’t a total loss (obviously) if i can get the rest of my year in order. so, today i eat chocolate and allow myself to be sad. and tomorrow i move forward, figure out how to fix it and get moving on tri training. just typing that actually makes me kind of excited about it.

when i walked in the door, i wiped my tears (hey, i am good at pity parties), grabbed a glass of water and remembered my new toy as it smiled back at me from living room. it only took about 30 seconds for me to start vacuuming. that’s right, my new toy is a super powerful, bad ass, canister vacuum.  i notoriously HATE vacuuming (along with putting clean laundry and clean dishes away), but this, my friends, has changed everything. THIS has made vacuuming fun!

so go ahead, mock, have your way with my newest level of old lady nerdiness. i don’t care.  vacuuming sucked the life right out of my pity party and for that i will be eternally grateful to it. 

Mar 5 2011

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