Today’s run: .3 miles, not many minutes. YT: 334.6 miles. I tried wearing my contacts two days in a row, checking for improvement. Big mistake. My eyes were a mess this a.m., but I eventually tried to run anyway. I think this might be the second time ever that I’ve set out on a run and bailed at less than a mile. Running in glasses, with blurred vision anyway…. ugh.

After yesterday’s jubilant plans for a 110% week, today’s fail really hurt.

How do you know when to push yourself, and when to stand down?

A couple things I’ve read….

• Run with a head cold; stand down if it’s in your chest.
• When you have a pain that’s a 3 or below on the pain scale, definitely run. 7 or above, rest.

Today I felt too physically debilitated to run. I put on the clothes, got my feet on the pavement, and it still felt WRONG. But the fact is, I could have done it, I would have survived. To run was not impossible.