Runnin' Down

Route: Grand loop

Distance: 3.07 miles

Time: 32:something something, I don’t care

After all my late-night runs last week, resulting in one dog bite fiasco and a complete train-wreck of a long run, I decided it was high time to try morning runs.  Oh. My. Goodness.  I’m sure it will just take some getting used to, but getting up at 5:30 am to run three miles was like forcing myself to climb a mountain with no high-altitude preparation.  I don’t know if mountain climbers partake in any of that, but I would want to if I were going to try to climb a mountain.

And that’s how I felt!  It was like all these months I haven’t been training at all.  I could go absolutely no faster than a 10:30 pace, if that.  Overall that’s what I averaged I think, but it was tough.  I finished the full distance, but I didn’t complete my route, I was about 30 feet from where I generally stop running.  Then my stomach began cramping and I felt like I was going to faint.  The pain was intense and my heart was racing.  No good.  I’m terrified about doing it again tomorrow.

On the up side, I love coming home from work and not worrying about how I’m going to scrape up enough energy to complete a decent run.  Oddly enough, though I would come home exhausted, I always managed a better run than the one I had this morning.  I hope that it’s just something that will take some time.

Here’s hoping.