Sunday, July 20

Today I am in Chicago. I ran 13 miles in the last two days, which is more than I ran in the previous 7 days combined. My legs are SORE! I did 7 miles yesterday as part of my marathon training and then did a 10K this morning. I feel like I'm somewhat getting back into my groove with running, though it's still a struggle to convince myself to get up for it every day. Even writing about it is boring me.

Sunday, July 13

Today I am in Chicago. I am really struggling with training for the marathon. It's all about running certain distances, certain times, and checking a box in my training schedule - no fun. I was doing pretty well and then my work schedule got so crazy and I came down with a stomach bug, neither of which helped my mindset about this. I need to get back on track (the race is 3 months from yesterday!) but at the same time I feel I need to step back and just run to run for a little while, without thinking about times, distance, or checking that box. Sigh.