The concept of running in the morning is great. Early bird gets the worm and all that crap. The truth, or at least my truth, is I don’t want the metaphorical worm. I want to sleep. I want to stay in my comfy bed and ponder, "what is the latest I can possibly sleep without being late for work?"
What I don’t want to do is run before the sun goes up. But that’s what I did because today is going to be HAAB (family slang – Hot As All Balls)! It was already almost 75 degrees at 5:30am and by the end of my run it was touching 80. The only thing worse than running at the crack-o-dawn would have been tempting death in a 90 degree late afternoon trying to get my miles in.
I think I realized around mile 2 that starting training with two 4.5 mile runs within 11 hours of each other isn’t the best idea, but I did it. Sure there was some walking at mile 3…and mile 3.5… and some more at mile 4. Then I may have cut the run off a few blocks early to get some extra walking in. Who cares! I ran. I did it. Don’t judge me!
I was somewhat amazed at just how many people were running at 5:30 in the morning. On one hand it was motivating. Other runners giving a wave at me as we crossed paths. Getting a friendly head nod from runners which silently says “you’re one of us. Good work”. But on the other hand it was a little depressing. You see, I like to maintain the disillusioned notion that I am special.
I wake up at 5am to run. Crazy right?! Nope, so did a ton of other people. And look they are running faster than you and walking a whole lot less. It’s a subtle yet harsh reminder that I am not just one of the many. Ugh.
…At least running before the sun comes up means I don’t need sunblock though. Ta-da! Silver lining!
Tomorrow: Late afternoon 3 mile jog. Let the legs recover a little.
Running Song of The Day: Barenaked Ladies – “Easy” A mellow song that’s good for the mornings. I also enjoy the irony of running to a song called “Easy” when clearly what you are doing is anything but.
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