Warm-up: walk 5 minutes Run: 35 minutes (with two 1 minute walk breaks) Cool-down: walk 5 minutes
And I was so proud of myself today.
I actually made it to the park by 5:55 AM this morning.
I had a rather stern talk with myself last night as I set my alarm clock, reminding myself that I needed to get up by 5:00 so I could get to the park by 6:00. Granted, I did hit the snooze button twice, but I was up and dressed in record time. I did, however, have to bribe myself that I could go back to bed after the run.
The humidity at 6:00 AM was ridiculous. I mean, seriously. I was sweating during my warm-up walk and I had to stop twice during my run for a short walk break. I loathe taking walk breaks. Now, don’t get me wrong—there’s nothing wrong with taking a walk break when needed. It’s just I’m afraid of taking walk breaks because I’m afraid I’ll stop running. No, this is not logical. I honestly do not know where this ‘fear’ originates. I’ve been running for well over a year now and even after not running for a month and a half last fall, I still went back to running.
I almost didn’t finish my run. I looked at my watch and saw I had about three minutes left. I was close to the place I started and I had promised my other self, no matter how much time we had left, we’d stop at our starting point. My other self began to cheer as the starting point loomed closer. I assured my other self we would stop when we got to that point and then promptly turned down another path. My other self is still cussing me out.
Schizophrenia* aside, I made it the last three minutes, did my cool-down walk, and made it to my car without collapsing. Once inside, I cranked the A/C to as high as it would go and mopped my face with my shirt.
Then I felt it—the all too familiar aura of an impending migraine.
I seriously hoped it was something else, that I just needed to get a drink, eat some breakfast. But, no. These did not help. I took three aspirin (for a total of 975 milligrams) and it didn’t even touch it. Determined to get on with my day, I showered, packed my laptop bag, and headed to the local coffee shop. Surely a heavy dose of caffeine would help.
Nope. Apparently ignoring a migraine will not make it go away. Ignoring a migraine just makes it pouty and it increases the intensity to get your attention. I’m going home to lie down in a dark, cool room.
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*Yes, I know schizophrenia does not mean multiple personalities. Yes, I know schizophrenia is a terrible mental illness. No, I am not making light of this or any other mental illness, so give me a break already.
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