Day 57

Wednesday, January 11th

Today was probably the most unmotivated I have been since starting this adventure. It's harder to quit during a run when you are 3 miles from home, but when you run on a treadmill, the ability to turn it off and walk away is so tempting. At mile 1, I wanted to stop...and mile 3, I was hoping the thought of being half way through would help the urge to quit, but it didn't. At mile 5, I started bargaining with myself.

'Quitting now would be a waste of a run.' - Self #1
'But I feel awful.' -Self #2
'Just means you'll feel awful again tomorrow when you have to make it up.'-Self #1
'But my knee hurts, and I shouldn't run through the pain.' -self #2
'Get over yourself, and finish!' -self #1

This continued until I was done with all 7 miles. I felt like a schizophrenic.

I, also, ALMOST busted on my face...3 times. I ran on a different type of treadmill, which I am going to put the blame on as to why my knee hurts so bad. There was a definite vibration being put off and I could feel it through all of my joints. The run just hurt...way more than it should have.

All in all, terrible run. Good days and bad days, right? Making it through this run gives me a little insight to my will power and determination though. I was happy I didn't quit, even if the end result wasn't great.

Scheduled: 7 Mi
Finished: 7 Mi
Week Total: 11 out of 30

Time: 86:57
Avg Pace: 12:30 min/mi