WHEN WORKOUTS DON'T WORK OUT...

 

 

Heidi

 

OK, so I am training for this little thing called the Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon.  It is in mid September and the longest run I have done so far is 10 miles...2 weeks ago.  I am nursing a hip/leg issue right now which is making my runs a bit difficult.  Let me add, this will be my first half.

 

I ran 6 miles last Thursday.  It was a glorious, no humidity, low heat morning.  If my leg wasn't hurting, I could have run forever.  (Or at least 10 miles.)  Then Thursday night I hopped in my friend's car and we drove from Pennsylvania to Orlando, Florida with a 5 year old.  I had every intention of running while there but instead of being Grumpy, I was a bit Sleepy and couldn't drag myself out of bed before 8 am.  The weather there was not so glorious.  Totally hot and humid.  No way was I running that late in the morning.  So there went my idea of running on nice, flat ground. 

 

I flew home yesterday and had every intention of running this morning.  It was cool with no humidity.  But again I was Sleepy.  Plus for whatever reason, my hip and leg were killing me.  I have no idea why because it wasn't like I ran while in Florida.  While I was debating my run vs. sleep this morning, (sleep won, by the way) I decided I would ride my bike with Kristen tonight instead.  BUT NO!!!!!  My husband made an appointment for me to get my blood drawn for our new life insurance policy.  (Kristen could only ride between 4 and 6 and this lady was coming at 5.  UGGHH.)  So I guess I was back to running instead.   I might add this would be the second attempt at this blood thing.  I am a very hard stick to say the least.  Which leads me to this horror story...

 

I really was going to run after the blood incident.   I WAS!!   I was just too weak.  See, while my blood lady was changing the vile, the damn needle came out of my arm and blood went everywhere.  How could I possibly run after seeing that?  I mean really, blood all over my kitchen table.  MY BLOOD!!!!!!  So instead of running or biking with Kristen, I took my two sons and dog to get ice cream.  I am pretty sure that made the blood incident all better.  Not sure how it will help me get to 13.1 miles in September, however.  Workout foiled again. 

 

So tomorrow I shall get up at 5:30 and try again.  To run that is.  Hopefully.  Yes (Kristen) it will be almost a week since I last worked out or even ran.  The good thing about me is I can go with the blood  flow.  Can't workout today??  No problem.  I will do double tomorrow.  Not sure when I will get my long run in this week but hey, I still have a few weeks left.  I am sure my coach  friend, Kristen will wake me up to get it done...

 

 

 

Maybe I should Run Happy and not Run Sleepy...