100 Days Challenge, Day 31

If there was ever a day I was going to fall off Hit&Runners, it was today.

I don't really know why.  Maybe I'm bummed because I seem to be suddenly injury prone, which I have never been before age 32.  Maybe I'm burnt out from pushing to be so productive.  Maybe I'm a little lonely, or depressed about the -15 weather that set in today.  Or maybe I'm just tired.

My heel kept feeling like I had stepped on something today, and finally I realized duh...my plantar muscle is tight.  So I'll be icing and stretching and hoping it is only a minor problem...that 6 miler yesterday felt so good, but maybe I pushed it a little.  I hate to be wimpy, so I do that sometimes.

A Plan for H&R Jan

Anyway, after mooning around feeling sorry for myself and then taking a post-work nap, I made myself do two things:  I did 30 minutes of pilates and I wrote a training plan for a runner I am working with who wants to run a 10K in May for the first time in a few years.  Big surprise:  I feel immensely better.  Somehow, even I forget that sometimes it is just the getting started that is so hard.

Tomorrow is going to be a very long day, but I know I will feel good when I look back at the day and appreciate what I have accomplished.

Go Go Go!
Coach Andi