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This week's rants

I have been so much happier this week!  I have been running every day by getting in some extra miles at night.  I feel so much better!  I feel like a normal happy person!  I am so glad!  I have been drinking more water, going to bed earlier, and, consequently, getting up earlier for some awesome workouts!  It’s been a really great week!  I’ve had some head congestion and a stuffy nose towards the end of the week, but that hasn’t stopped me from running and doing my best to kill my workouts.  It’s all mental, ya’ll!!
Sunday: AM: 10 miles outside; PM: core (100 ball situps)
Monday: AM: Shoulders, arms, deadlifts; PM: 3 mile outdoor run; core (100 ball situps)
Tuesday: AM: 6 mile treadmill run; PM: 2 mile treadmill run; core (100 ball situps)
Wednesday: AM: legs; PM: 2 mile treadmill run; core (100 ball situps)
Thursday: AM: 5 mile treadmill run; PM: 3 mile treadmill run; core (100 ball situps)
Friday: AM: chest, back, biceps, deadlifts
Saturday: AM: 10 mile outdoor run
Total of 42 miles this week!!
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So my workouts have been on point this week and my running has been amazing.  I have had very little knee pain this week and it really only happens when I leave my knee bent for too long.  Like if I’m sitting with my legs crossed at my desk and haven’t moved in a while and I go to straighten my leg, then it hurts.  Not sure what that’s all about, but I can walk and, even better, I can run.  I have been trying to get outside as much as possible on nicer days to soak up some vitamin d.  Weekends aren’t a problem but during the week it’s tricky with the weather, not enough time, and family and work commitments.  It’s a struggle for sure, but I am totally much happier person when I run.  It makes me a happier person at night, which makes me a better mom, wife, and overall nicer person to be around.  The end of the week was a little harder with sick kids and my sinus congestion.  I still managed some great workouts though.  
Although my workouts have been really great and I am feeling stronger than ever, I feel like I am being sucked into my obsession with the numbers.  I feel like I have to run a certain number of miles a week and push myself to get in extra workouts.  I don’t know why I am feeling like this.  I hate it!  I know I have a goal for the end of the year to try to reach 2016 miles and I know it’s not the end of the world if I don’t make it.  But I am honestly struggling!  I love the feeling I get after running and I love that I feel like I have more endurance on my long runs on the weekends.  I am running at a comfortable pace and don’t have to take nearly as many walking breaks as I have had to in the past.  I want to say that it is due to my strength training.  I’m also worried about my knee.  Although it hasn’t been hurting too much while I am running, it does hurt afterwards,  but still only when I leave it bent for too long or when I go down the stairs after I run long.  As much as I hate to say this, I’m thinking I’m going to have to cut back my running every day.  I’m thinking of only running after work on the days that I don’t run in the morning and still only a few miles.  This will also help me to reach my step goal on those days.  The days I run in the morning, then I am thinking I might do some extra strength training for my legs.  Maybe some extra squats, deadlifts and lunges.  I’m not sure.  I’m worried about my knee but I want to get in more miles but I don’t want to overtrain when I am not even training yet.  I think I need to get out of my head about it and back off a little.  I need to be strong and ready for marathon training when it comes around this summer.  I’m going to try what I said above this week and see if that helps.  I know I want to do a little extra in the evenings so that I am happier.  I feel like I am such a crab when I get home from work and if I work out then I am happier and can get things done with a better attitude.  
Sorry for the long rant, but these are the things that go through my head.  I think I need to back off on my obsession with running every day and the numbers.  I need to just be happy with the progress I am making right now with my strength training and endurance.  Maybe if I run less during the week, then I will have more energy and endurance to run longer on the weekends.  We’ll see.  Half marathon training starts in March which really shouldn’t be a problem with long runs since I’ve been doing 10 miles each day on the weekends.  13 should be nothing.  Although I’ll be adding in more hill and speed work during the week.  So I think for now if I back off a little and focus on my strength and getting my eating under control, I should be ok.   
Wow this got longer and more ranty than I would have liked.  Thank you as always for reading!
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Run on!!!!
Laura

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