This week was crazy packed full of band registrations, band rental night, and meetings with students and parents. It was tough to come home and want to do anything but forget all my troubles and watch episodes of Grey's Anatomy while eating. If I didn't get my workouts in before going to work, it just didn't happen. Luckily, I got up and worked out for 20-30 min before work most days. The most unfortunate thing about my workouts was the length of them. I came up a little short on each workout because I simply just didn't want to get up earlier. My desire to sleep seemed to be a little higher than my desire for working out.
Here is what my week actually looked like:
Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun
X-Stretch 10 min :( Run 2 Mi Run 3 Mi X C&B :( Run 6 Mi
Walk .5 Mile 25 min
Today, I ran 6 miles and it felt fantastic. Part of the reason I ran that far was because I could, without feeling rushed. It was the same thing that happened on Thurs. I had a goal to run 3 miles when I got up in the morning and because I had woken up just 15 minutes earlier, I was able to do it! 15 minutes made all the difference.
The other reason I made it to the gym to run 6 miles was because I recently read a small fact in regards to will power. There was something that resonated with me and where I've been at emotionally the past several months. It said that the more you repeat certain actions, the more your desire will increase to continue to do those certain actions. It made absolute sense! The more I was running last year, the more I wanted to! And, on the contrary, the more I've indulged in other things and didn't workout, the more I wanted to indulge in other things and not work out. And, here I am with the lack of desire to get up early and run on most days, but I have the want to want to and for now, that's enough. Because, when I do finally want to run all of the time again, it will feel incredible!
So, today, I made sure I went to the gym and ran 6 miles on the treadmill (it was just too hot to do it outside). I watched Man of Steel in Gold's Gym's Cardio Cinema and ran on average of about 13 min/miles. It was super slow, but comfortable. I watched my heart rate and tried to stay below 170 and closer to the 150s bpm as much as possible. Its still high for where I'm supposed to be, but it felt comfortable enough. During the run, I continued to think about how running for a desire to run would most certainly work. I've said this before and I'll say it again; Most of my best inspirations come during a good, long run. So, of course, it must be something worth moving forward with!
I felt so good after that run! It was an enjoyable experience because I didn't push too hard or "punish" myself mentally for going so slow. I've decided that this run was not about the pace but about going the distance, and most importantly, running for the desire to run.
I talked to some friends and got really excited about doing a hike this Saturday. I've always loved hiking and doing these fun activities but have been feeling so out of shape and ashamed, that its made me clam up a little. After my good run, I felt confident enough to bring it up and now we're planning to go hiking up camelback on Saturday! Wahoo!
This week, I'm going to make sure I do my workouts with the mental shift from doing it because I want to accomplish my goals, but doing it because I want to want to workout and run.
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