I have been very faithful getting back into the running game since I got back to Idaho July 28th. With nearly 2 months off of running, it really feels like I am starting over from the beginning.
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| My last workouts before leaving for Alaska |
I am totally OK with that.
I was not in a good place mentally to focus on my personal health and healthy running this spring. I was not eating the best and I still was drinking too much. It’s been over 30 days since I had alcohol! Thanks to being out in the middle of nowhere Alaska, alcohol was too expensive and working 16 hour days killed any desire for anything other then sleep. The coffee was also bad, I sadly didn’t have much of that. But there was plenty of water available. And giving up those toxins for water is always a good thing! I also increased my veggie intake. I was able to lose a few pounds – which is noticeable to the BF & myself, but since I don’t have a scale, I don’t know how much it is.
But it doesn’t matter. I had a reset button pushed and I get a do-over. A no excuses do-over.
I get to start a new health and running routine in a new place. – I am not in Boise at the moment but small town-hickville Idaho. And it happens to be a higher elevation then Boise. Which is making running harder then it should but so worth it come race day.
I have a school track right across the street from where I live. And the 3 days I have been on it, I have been alone.
I can barely run one mile without stopping.
And I am totally OK with that.
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| At the track |
I get to start over on a new running adventure. Slow and sloggy.
Advice for hitting reset on my running? Have you had a running / health do-over?