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Does anyone else do this?

I'll start a run fully intending to go for my long run, but something mental is stopping me. I don't know if it is a period situation but I feel like I have hit another wall. I am struggling to run for longer than twenty minutes when last week I had no problem running for an hour and a half. I've also, out of nowhere, started having issues pacing myself. I don't run fast but when I go for a run in a park around others I struggle to keep a sustainable pace and that has been carrying over into my other runs without people around.

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I'm a runner now.

I don't run fast and I never felt a part of the running community. But oddly I do now since running more than 5 miles. I've never felt more accomplished. Every time in my running career that I get close to the 5 mile mark I would get sick or have an injury, but I'm crushing it here. This is what consistency can do for you. Today I ran with the goal of one hour and I felt so good I went beyond that and hit a new record for myself. I also saw a cat along the way, he was pretty cool too.

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I did it!

This may seem like a small victory but I have never run 50 miles in a month, but I did. It was not fast and not without struggle.

This is your sign that regular people like you and me can be runners.

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Another day, another run

I've struggled and felt like I've hit a wall with running. I was struggling just to run a 5k for the better part of a month. Then, out of nowhere I did it. I ran 5 miles easily and I felt like I could have run more. This is why I run. This is why I'll keep running.

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Life Update

I know I'm screaming to the void a little here but I've gotten myself back into running officially. I ran a 5k recently. Was it fast? No. 37:28 for 3.1 miles.

This morning I ran 3.5 miles after taking the week off and it was so refreshing.

I was dragging my feet all morning even the first few minutes I was ready to quit. But running is a mental game and today was a win in my book.

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Have you ever heard anyone say -

I really wish I'd never started taking better care of myself.

I hate how fresh fruit and vegetables make me feel.

Thank goodness I slept in instead of going to the gym this morning.

Having my clothes fit better really isn't worth it.

I miss feeling sluggish and bloated.

Ugh. What's with all this annoying energy?

I feel so much better after spending the whole day laying on the couch eating junk yesterday!

I wonder why that is?

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Life Update Time

After three years or so of never getting covid I got it and was down a week right when I got back into running after previously being sick for a month. No worries though we're waiting for our lungs to clear up and then we start and start again.

I did however decide to crochet a cardigan so hopefully that gets done this year.

Even with the hurricane on the horizon my job is letting us work from home so it's a blessing and a curse.

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So, I'm here to reinvent myself.

I'm an aspiring runner. I'm not fast and I'm not good, but I love it.

I work full time during the week and try to spend my summers outside.

I could just be screaming into the void here, but I'm working on being more than I've ever been.

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We have calcium in our bones, iron in our veins, carbon in our souls, and nitrogen in our brains. 93 percent stardust, with souls made of flames, we are all just stars that have people names.

Nikita Gill, “93 Percent Stardust” (via wordsnquotes)

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why purposefully try to invalidate someone else’s identity when you could:

not do that

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i forgot to draw something for new years

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Dean ‘Smooth’ Winchester