Not a good week, and there's nothing I can do about it now. I'm frustrated becasue work took over my life, and six days of 11 to 13-hour shifts stripped my energy to run. By last night, leaving at 8 p.m. again, I was very frustrated with myself. I put too much pressure on myself as well by signing up for Chuckanut, a race I know I'm not ready to run.
So today I went out and tried to run just to enjoy it. Not to stress about whether it's long enough, or what my mileage will be, or anything else. I needed to run to remind myself that I liked it, and clear my head, and, well, figure it out.
It was a beautiful sunny morning, and I ran through Manette, into downtown, through Evergreen Park and across the bridge to Lions Park, then up through Stephenson Canyon to Callahan and then through the Madrona trails, which are actually a little more extensive than I thought. I need to explore in there some more. Then back through Manette, sat at the Hill Climb for a bit to watch a ferry go through the inlet, then home. My left hip flexor still gets painful after an hour or so, and my glute/hip is not completely healthy. But at least I ran, and felt good about that. 1:09:02
I'm not sure what I'll do for Chuckanut. I'm not ready for it, I know that. And as much as I say that next week will be more in control at work, there's simply too much going on and too many demands on me there. So I can't promise I'll be more consistent in running, though I'll try, because it's so much more important to my physical and mental health than I realize. The other idea is that there's supposed to be an inaugural Bremerton marathon in late April. I don't need to win it, but I'd like to run it if that happens. I could run 22-25 miles at Chuckanut more as a training run and fellowship time, drop at that point and save some of that wear and tear and see if I can get a good month before that marathon. I'm not sure, and I don't like going into something thinking about a drop, but that may be the answer.
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