Conversation With Self

Worked all day instead of just the afternoon. Ashley is gone for the week and Kerrie couldn't stay to run. Worked in the garden when I got home from work. Beautiful day, but kept putting off running...

Some days are like this. I can find every excuse in the world not to run. It doesn't matter if the weather is perfect (which it was) or that I've got the energy to run (which I did). I just didn't want to run, so I had to do some self-talking.

Me: I don't want to run.
Self: But it's your day to run.
Me: I know, but I don't want to.
Self: If you don't, you'll fall behind with your training and your stamina.
Me: Yeah, I know, but I still don't want to run.
Self: Yeah, I know, but you still have to.

It's a losing battle with my Self, this arguing about running. So I just did it. I had put it off so long that it was dark outside and I had to run on the treadmill, and that's a whole other thing. Ever since Jamey told me that my running 25 minutes on the treadmill converted to about 10-15 minutes of outside running, I've been in competition with my Self.

I had another conversation with my Self about how long to run on the treadmill without stopping. I had set the speed at 4.5 mph and started running. I told my Self that I'd run two 15-minute runs. As I got near the 15-minute mark, I felt really good, so I kept going. When I got to 20 minutes, I decided I might as well try for 25 minutes again. And that's when I told my Self that I needed to run at least 26 minutes, because as I said in the previous paragraph, I'm competing with my Self.

So I ran 27 minutes.