Missed yesterday’s run due to lack of sleep.
But felt good this morning so I managed to get up. It was surprisingly warm so I decided to get out and run by instead of a treadmill run.
It… Felt good. And only rained on me a little towards the end. Which was more refreshing than chilly.
Another morning where I hoped to run but didn’t. Not the best start to the week. Morning exercise takes several days in a row to get used to, but is ridiculously easy to fall out of, at least for me.
This morning’s excuses ran from my jaw was sore, Marceline was up multiple times last night – including almost an hour at 3am, bedtime lasted hours last night, all the way to tomorrow morning will be easier.
Sigh. Those are all horrible excuses. I enjoy running and it shouldn’t be this hard to do it regularly.
Interestingly, aside from being sore, and feeling really weird, my lack of tooth doesn’t hurt. Similarly to how I remember my jaw feeling after getting my wisdom teeth out 20 years ago. Nice to know my pain tolerances haven’t changed much.
The idea was I get up, drive Sam’s car to the auto shop and use the drop box and run the two miles back to our house before anyone else wakes up in household.
And success.
Also bone conducting headphones were a big win on the run. Comfortable, heard everything around me, sounded great.
Today marks 103 days of doing push-ups everyday.
The first 99 of those days I did 100 push-ups a day.
On the 100th day, April 10th, I did 1,000 push-ups.
Today the 103rd day of the year marks my 100th day of running so far this year. In the month of March I took off 3 days. One when I wasn’t feeling well and had a fever. One before I ran a half marathon, and one day off for recovery after my half marathon.
Today marks the 13th day in a row I’ve run 5 mi each day. I’ve convinced myself that I’m trying to ‘bank’ miles for the month of April because I’m having another daughter born any day now in my schedule will be a little off or a lot off after she’s born.
But I like that I’ve hit these milestones and that I’ve kept at it. Leaves me feeling accomplished.
At the start of the year I set a goal of 50 days in a row of running. This was coming off almost two full months of no exercise at all. Last I had run was the first week of November.
I decided to sign up for a few Garmin badges, uncertain of whether I would meet them or not. One is a badge for running 50 miles each month, which I figured was more than attainable, the other was for running 505 kilometers (313.8 miles) by March 30, which I didn’t think was doable but signed up for regardless.
Towards the end of January I realized I was close to hitting 100 miles a month without much effort. I was running around 3 miles a day, with some shorter runs and longer ones here and there. With a little promoting from a friend, I decided to go for and run a couple longer tunes in the last week to hit 100 miles for the month.
Which felt awesome.
I went a little nuts in February and ran 134 miles. More than I had in any month since college. Calves were perpetually tight. I wore compression sleeves on my calves at night which helped, bought new running shoes mid month, and stretched more. And then on my birthday (Feb 19) ran a 5k at my fastest pace since college.
I decided to dial it back a bit in March, aiming for 100 miles again, but hit some other goals. Garmin had a badge for running a 15k in March, which is just over 9 miles – so I did a 10 mile run in early March. I also want to run a half marathon before the end of March.
But my favorite achievement so far is hitting that 505k badge. Having only hit 100 miles in a month once before in my adult life (October 2020), hitting three times in a row to start 2021, in the midst of turning 42, and with a toddler under 2 years old feels like a big accomplishment.
And to hit 505k by mid-March, feels really great. Suck it middle age! I still got this.
