Today’s run: 4.51 miles, 45:47 minutes. YT: 481.59. I had to run fast to make it to the beach house in time for our 11:30 meeting. I walked through the door at 11:26 giving me four minutes to wash face and drink water.
I need to get to the point where I feel like 25 miles of running per week is the SOLUTION to my overwhelming life, not the problem.
So I got to thinking. There are 168 hours in a week. Now, I need to sleep 8 hours a night, or life gets very confusing. That leaves me with 112 hours a week to do with as I choose.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE HOURS.
Let’s even admit that at the very least, I also have 50 hours of work that MUST get done. I still have 62 hours to play with. And only 5 of them need to be running.
SIXTY-TWO HOURS OF WHICH ONLY 5 NEED TO BE RUNNING.
OK, I can do that.
When life gets crowded I usually have to move my runs into the morning, otherwise they don’t get done. But you know how that goes. Even though the running only takes an hour, doing it in the morning means you had to get to bed on time, fed, and hopefully only a little buzzed.
In terms of head space that hour of running soaks up something more like 3 or 4. I don’t want to come off as negative, I really want you to make it! :) It’s just when you schedule your run, you also have to be honest about the lead-up, otherwise you won’t be successful week after week.
You’ve captured exactly the problem… I am hoping my new gym membership will help make it so that evening runs aren’t so impossible, on the days when I just don’t do the prep for my morning run. Without the gym, it’s been too hot to run in the evening, and I never feel like running at night. Ack – I’ve definitely been digging myself into a hole. I’m enacting a travel ban for the next months. What else? I should quit drinking but…. ugh.
Caught up on your blog this morning. I’ve been waking up at absurd hours; who knows why?! Your speaking my language in this post darlin, breaking things down into smaller parts always helps me concur them : )