It took three weeks, but running is fun again.
It’s the lack of marathon-training pressure.
It’s the crosstraining.
It’s the new web site I’m trying out to help manage my diet and exercise.
It was the Thursday run with Caitlin and the Sunday run with Keith, Rick and Kevin.
It’s all of these, or maybe it’s none of these
I don’t care what it is, but I’m not running this morning and I wish that I was. I haven’t felt this way in a couple months.
Towards the end of training, running felt like a chore. After the marathon, running was more for recuperation than for fun.
Now … I look forward to my next run. It’s something I want to do, not something that I have to do.
I missed this feeling.
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November 29, 2006 at 1:56 pm
John Rankin
I thought I’d come back and visit your blog to see how your first marathon went. I enjoyed reading your breakdown by miles… it’s so true that no matter how hard it gets during the run, we somehow feel great at that finish line.
BTW, congrats to your daughter on that 5K. I remember when my son ran his Thanksgiving 5K and beat me – he was disappointed that he only bettered me by 3 mins, and devastated the next when his advantage was 15 seconds… kids are funny.