Crackerjackmack’s Weblog

i ran 6.5 miles this morning and i really don’t feel like i did. granted, i was on the treadmill for most of it, due to rain, but i still feel like i should be more exhausted or sore. but i guess putting in the miles over the past few weeks is starting to pay off? i dunno. i’m feeling kinda bleh because it was on the treadmill. the past couple of days have rained, so i’ve done my running there, and though the treadmill is a far easier workout, i really don’t like it anymore! i’m all about being outside and find myself kind of unhappy at the gym. i never would have thought that.

i’m also a little nervous because i’m doing a 10 mile run on saturday, the first long run of this training program. besides being my first long run in a while, it will be the first time i’ve done 10 miles outside. but i’ve given myself permission to slow down when i need to, even if that means walking a block or two. and i’m going to do a route that takes me by my apartment every few miles, where i will put a bottle of water. i really really really hope the weather co-operates. i will do it inside if i have to (because i just know i wouldn’t make 10 miles in the rain) but that would be a drag. right now the forecast for saturday is “isolated thunderstorms”, but no point vexing over that, because who knows what will happen between now and then. i’m aiming to get up at around 4a or 430a, to be done by 7am.

what the hell, man. i’m a goddamn superstar, i can fucking do this!! i rock!!