I had all sorts of plans to make up for my two sick days. I did what I needed to do to catch up on Thursday and Friday, and then I planned to break up the 12 miles I needed on Saturday since I still wasn't feeling my best. So I went out for my first run of the day with Eric and Elliott...and then that was it. We had friends over for dinner and that went later than we had planned, and then Elliott puked when we tried to give her baby tylenol (she got the sickness I had) so I hung out with her for a bit, and then I just wasn't in the mood to drive to the Orem gym at 10:00. I was pretty bummed at messing up my mileage graph and giving in on my goals. I've been being really consistent and getting my runs in no matter what, and this week I just lost the game. But Eric says that what matters is whether I stick with the old (new old) pattern of consistency or if I adopt this new (old new?) pattern of less consistency. I want the consistency pattern, but when I miss days/miles I think of myself as a person who misses days/miles and it's easier to keep doing that. So I'm trying to think of myself as a person who doesn't miss days/miles but who got sick. Plus, I've been afraid to go from 30 to 35, so maybe having dropped down for a week will make it easier to take a step up.
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