I didn't sleep much last night. This has been nothing new for the past few weeks, but I'm just now complaining about it. My body aches. These aches aren't HORRIBLE, just dull aching all over keeping me awake and waking me in my sleep. I KNOW I'm training a bit too hard, I've already addressed this. But now I'm back on "track" (hee hee!).
After yesterday's run, I made the decision to run really easy today, and really short. I went 3 miles at an 8:30 pace...this is really easy for me to do (pretty great considering it was really hard 3 months ago, so I must be doing SOMETHING right!) The run was fine, my muscles are feeling better, and I'm hoping for another short easy run tomorrow before Randy goes in to work (or possibly, after he gets home).
I'm going to have a good race next weekend. I can't say it will be record setting, or that I'll even accomplish a time I would set as a goal, but there are some things we can't control, and I'm just hoping the training I've done will pay off in this race, and of course, in the future of my racing.
This begs the question to my THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: What is the pain truly worth? If the pain is worth doing your best in a single race, or worth the glory of a single win (if that could ever happen), then it wouldn't be worth it to me. I'm back into running for the long haul. I have been reminded that it's not instantaneous (getting back into shape...much less racing shape). So, what is the pain worth?? A good pain (one that goes away shortly after occurance- or a pain that is under a 4 on a scale from 1-10) is a gentle reminder that your body is getting stronger...that's okay with me. That's worth all the consistent running and smart training I'm doing. I'll pass on the bad pain.
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