mindfirerunner

Yes. I just blogged a Star Wars quote. This morning proved to be a Yoda morning. With very little sleep due to a late night department dinner, I found myself looking for that “out” this morning. Actually, I was thinking about my out before the night even ended. Funny. But even though I was trying to find a reason to justify not geting up early and run I really couldn’t think of one other than lack of sleep. Honestly though, would one hour really make a big difference in how I felt the next day? So, when I went to bed I had two thoughts running through my head. Run, or not?

My alarm went off at 4:05AM and I hit the snooze button just twice this morning (a real record). I actually wasn’t even tired. I had a lot that could have stopped me from getting out the door (the dryer tried to blow up last night so all of my normal running gear was sopping wet, I didn’t get to bed until 11:30PM, it had snowed…again…) but I had already made up my mind the night before that I was going to get my run in. I set aside some different running gear before my head hit the pillow and was already mentally prepped for an icy run. I knew I’d have to slow things down to be safe and not slip on the roads. Things didn’t go as planned though; after all that effort to make sure I got up and out the door.

I was just a few miles into my run when I turned a corner, lost my footing a bit and felt a pull on my knee. Hmm. That felt not so great. I stopped for a second to rub and stretch it since it felt like a muscle cramp more than anything. I kept running and on the straightaways just felt like I had a muscle cramp down my quad and to the posterior of my knee. Not terrible. More annoying than anything else. Then, I turned the corner on the other end of the block and wouser did I feel that one. So, I stopped again and stretched, rubbed it and continued on. Things were fine until the next turn. You’re probably seeing a pattern right about now. I slowed down the pace and wrapped up my run, the whole time muttering and grumbling about my stupid knee and incredibly slow run. My body wasn’t cooperating the way that my mind was telling me to, and I was getting a bit cranky.

Even with the best mental preparation and game plan I had unexpected issues arise and derail what I was looking forward to as a great run. There are days when you just have to roll with the punches, and I was feeling pretty crummy that my run didn’t go so well this morning. I’m trying to look on the bright side that at least I got out the door. So Yoda, today there was no “try” – I did. Tomorrow, we might have to revise our game plan.