Each time now in the morning it is getting harder and harder to get out of bed. My alarm goes off at 7 and I shut the thing off and lay there for a few seconds. The interesting thing is, for me and probably many other people, is that it is all in your head. So many thoughts run through my head while I lie there going 'get up, get up'. First I always ask 'why?', this is stupid I should give myself rest days like everyone is saying (So really it is everyone elses fault). More thoughts are, I don't need to run now I could do it later, this is a waste of time, marathons are stupid (that goes through your head a bit, and it is only my 9th day of training). Anyway so many negative thoughts go through my head and I have not even gotten up yet. Also when you are lying in bed you feel like shit, well you feel good and but you feel it is going to be shit to get up. So this does not help either. But I am slowly teaching myself that if I just make one move, ie stand up than it is all good. The hard part is over. Then just wash cold water on my face skull a glass of water and I am good.
The trick is going to be getting rid of the negative thoughts like 'why?', and what a waste of time, I can do it later. Believe it or not I actually enjoy the running in the morning. It is a lot quieter, not as many people around. Usually the weather is a bit cooler, it is calmer. The morning is the best time to run in my opinion.
I was thinking the other day the only reason now, why I have to run everyday is that is what the plan says. I made the schedule up for up until the marathon, and if I now skip a day, take a rest day, that could ruin my training. If I do it once, then in my mind I will think it is alright to do it again. I am bad like that, I have not got a lot of self control. So I need to stick to this schedule. Some people have said I should have rest days. Maybe I should have but it is to late now. The schedule is set in stone!
Sorry for the rambling this morning, it is kind of fun writing these blog things. But I also get carried away, and I am not good at editing as well. What I write just flows out and I do not reread it or edit it. One day I will. For now it is a disjointed document on my training and thoughts about this. Sorry it is disjointed as well, I keep thinking of stuff and need to write it down, and I have this great theory at one point and then start writing and never get to that point. Thats how it feels anyway.
Anyway like I said earlier the run was good with the new weights. It was very heavy but I think this will payoff in the long run when I take them off and run. I am hoping I feel like I am on the moon or something.
Today I did the Frogner park run again like I did a few days ago. It was funny running through Majorstua with weights strapped to my legs. Here is a photo of this and my sweaty leg! Pretty awesome.
The weights did slow me down a bit but I was also only running a 5 k run, which turned into 6.5ish so that was really good. I was actually feeling really good today on the run. I had brought some vaseline for the underarms, to stop chafing and that seemed to work. Also wore some different type of socks, that I usually use for snowboarding. My feet seemed pretty happy. Even though the blisters on my right foot are now in healing stage they were not causing to much irritation. So it was a good run. But I think because of the weights I was getting pretty tired to the end of the run.
Anyway I have really blabbed on today here are the stats:
start: 7.13am
distance: 6.52 km
time: 34'06"
Av Speed: 11.47 kph
So yeah not a bad run with weights on my ankles. Soon I will be on the moon without them!
Cheers
Mark
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