OK, so I was lazy and did not do my run on Wednesday as I had planned. I was very very lazy and let other stuff, like baking failure cookies (I made peanut butter cookies that never firmed up and chocolate chip cookies that were way too crispy -- it was an odd double failure recipe night for me), deter my from my run.
I have to be in the Bay Area for work today and tomorrow (that's Thursday and Friday), so...I got up at 5:00am today and wound up getting on the treadmill at 6:00am. How's that for dedication? And then I got in the car by 8:20am and drove to Berkeley.
Because it was so early in the morning, I decided to simply run for 30 minutes, plus the usual C25K warmup/cooldown. I could have run for the alternative 3 miles had I not been strapped for time. Or if I had started running at 5:00am or shortly thereafter instead of frittering away the early morning until it was almost 6:00am. I am SO good at frittering!
It would have been a whole lot easier had I simply deferred my cookie baking until after a run.
BUT, I have had the most wonderful feeling of wellness and accomplishment all day at my work meeting. It's like my legs are sending waves of "you did it! you can do it!" chemicals to my brain. I understand how and why folks arrange their lives so they can go running in the morning, just for the lingering feel-good aspect of it. I may stay on schedule and run tomorrow when I get back from San Francisco because I won't really have a chance to run on Saturday.
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I love running in the early morning. That's why I despise winter so much - I have to wait until afternoon for it to be warm enough to head down to the track. Definitely getting that old treadmill up to my house when I get back to Oregon. That way I can run early early early.
And I know what you mean about your legs talking to your brain. I always feel soooo good after I run. I feel stronger and more confident.
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