Do you ever have those days when it seems like nothing can go right? Well, for me it seemed as though that day where nothing could go right had been 2 months long. I felt as though I was not staying on top of things at work and it just snow balled from there. Falling behind at work lead into not having the motivation to train. All I really wanted to do was nothing. This created a problem though because I had numbers to meet, reports to file, and not to mention a marathon to train for. I can officially say I was in a funk.
This funk was effecting everything from my sleep, to my diet, to my mood. It was not good. I knew that this week was going to be important for me to get my taper runs in before the St. Jude's Memphis Marathon on Saturday. I made myself get out after work and get the short mileage in. I made myself eat good food this week. All of this was done with the mindset of feeling good at the marathon. Little did I know that concentrating on what I was actually doing day in and day out would make everything fall into place. I feel like those 30 minutes or so running at the end of the day allowed me to just relax.
It seems as though when I really paid attention to my training things were getting better for me. It first hit me when I was at a team luncheon on Tuesday. I had been feeling down about work because of a few things that happened that were out of my control. While at the luncheon my new boss commented that I am the only account manager in the country that is above goal and actually $50K ahead of last years numbers with a specific nationwide account. It is not that I need praise or like the spotlight but it is nice to have positive reinforcement every now and then from your boss. It was that little pick me up that I needed.
Since the positive luncheon I have been feeling better about everything. I know that I have not put the time into marathon training the way that I needed to but really it is not about time. Its just about running the race. If I feel good then great, if I feel crappy then the oh well in the end I can still say I ran a marathon and felt crappy.
It kind of amazes me that one comment can change my whole outlook on things. The more I started thinking about it when I concentrated on my training and diet, everything else that I had been worrying about seemed to fall into place. I am not sure if it is all related but I find it hard to not make the connection when I tried for weeks to claw myself out of a hole and failed. Now I am filling the hole in hopes of not falling back into it.
-Be safe, wear a helmet!
P.S. be safe, wear a helmet came one day while I was running on Katy Trail. Almost every person I had passed was riding without a helmet. I would see families riding and the kids would have one on but the parents would not. What is that teaching your kids? It really gets me when I am on crowded paths with dogs on leashes, rollerbladers, joggers with music, and who knows what else and people ride bikes with NO helmets. You cannot control what other people are going to do so why not take the chance? Just my $0.02. You won't catch me on two wheels without a bucket.
