Running is a means and never merely an end

Long jog today. 7 miles with .5 warm up and cool down. I had to stop and go to the bathroom in the middle of it, which annoyed me, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Anyways, I don't know what else to say about that run...I am feeling pretty burnt out.

Didn't feel like running today. It was very cold and I needed to work on homework anyways. This is one of the few perks of training alone, without any teammates or a coach. If I need to take a day off, I have the power to do it. Likewise, if I want to do a harder workout than what was planned, I have the power to do that as well. I like that flexibility. But, it is pretty lonely out here. I would kill for someone to do my long aerobic runs with. I miss my wonderful teammates from cross country (they almost all swim). They meant the world to me!

Taking a little break. My workouts have sort of sucked lately... I do them and all, but I am just counting down the seconds until they are over and feeling burnt out physically and mentally. Now that Foot Locker is over, I should have a good bit of time before my first indoor meet. Break time it is.