{"id":14954,"date":"2012-01-08T10:53:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T14:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=14954"},"modified":"2012-01-08T10:53:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T14:53:12","slug":"run-january-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2012\/01\/run-january-week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Run January: Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last December, I mentioned that I had lost my running mojo<\/a>. \u00a0I had lost my everything mojo because I had no umph to get up and workout. \u00a0Which is really odd for me because I LOVE working out. \u00a0I also LOVE running, so to have my thoughts change and become “meh” about the whole situation meant that something was going on.<\/p>\n

I determined that my hip injury<\/a> coupled with an unfortunate encounter<\/a>, left me feeling very uninspired and frustrated which lead to feeling blah about running. \u00a0In an effort to change this around and find my running mojo again, January has become, Run January.<\/p>\n

Let’s recap Week 1!<\/p>\n

Sunday January 1st:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love starting a new month on a Sunday and the fact that this was a brand new year starting on a Sunday was even better! \u00a0I woke up to a typical Columbus, Ohio winter day. \u00a0Gloomy, rainy, and windy. \u00a0Blech! \u00a0It wasn’t raining at the time but it looked like it was about to start and rain was in the forecast. \u00a0I sucked it up and decided to head out before the rain rolled in.<\/p>\n

I hate running in wind or any sort of breeze, however, that breeze helped me out today. \u00a0The temp at the start of my run was 45F but since it was windy I dressed a little warmer than I normally would have. \u00a0Silly, this caused me to completely over dress and I was hot during my run. \u00a0Ick! \u00a0The breeze become a welcome friend because it helped to cool me off and keep me from over heating.<\/p>\n

The run was alright, I did a short 2.5er around the neighborhood. \u00a0I would have done more but I was feeling sluggish and had a splitting headache (Uh, hello too much prosecco the night before! Happy New Year indeed.). \u00a0I still felt strong during my run though and being outside again for some cardio, enjoying some fresh air was fully reengerizing.<\/p>\n

Monday, January 2nd:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plopped my butt on the couch. \u00a0We were experiencing major wind that day and there’s no way I would have been able to run in it. \u00a0I was bummed to have to cut out that early into the first week! \u00a0It was also the last day of holiday vacation so being bummed out about the situation was short lived.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, January 3rd:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Still pretty breezy out but it wasn’t as bad as Monday and there was no way I was going to miss two days in a row! \u00a0I headed out into the chill, temps were in the teens with a wind chill in the single digits. \u00a0I was able to crank out 3 miles.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, January 4th:<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was warmer this morning but the breeze was also a lot stronger. \u00a0It was heavier than I like to run in and 2.5 was all that I could manage before heading home. \u00a0Brrr!<\/p>\n

Thursday, January 5th:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perfect! It was in the mid-20s to start, the sun was shining, and there was no breeze! The downside being that my legs were so very tired and I struggled hard with this run. \u00a0I made it four miles but I had to push and fight to get there. \u00a0My thigh muscles just did not want to keep going.<\/p>\n

They started getting sore on me by Wednesday and I had Scott massage them. \u00a0That helped a lot but today’s run still was sluggish and my quads felt tense.<\/p>\n

Friday, January 6th:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Had to take the day off. \u00a0No way would my legs have been able to handle another run, even if it was short. \u00a0I didn’t want to risk causing the muscles to tighten any further. \u00a0Thursday evening I had Scott massage my shins a bit as they felt achey and tight. \u00a0Not sore and nothing like shin splints, just achey. \u00a0Rubbing them helps that.<\/p>\n

Saturday, January 7th:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Short run this morning. Since I was experiencing tired legs I wanted to give them a bit of a break and take it easy. \u00a0I might have been able to push through to three however there was more of a breeze than I expected and I didn’t wear a hat. \u00a0 Ugh. \u00a0So my head was cold and my ears were burning. \u00a0I was pretty happy with the 2.5 though!<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I could be all frustrated and bummed out because I didn’t make “6 days” of running this week. \u00a0But I’m not going to do that because I learned a lot this week and I’m happy with the results.<\/p>\n

I did run 5 days this week which is more than I’ve been doing and more running than I’ve done in a very long time.<\/p>\n

I learned that my legs might not be ready for 6 days of running a week and they’ll let me know when they need a break. \u00a0I need to honor that and accept it.<\/p>\n

On days where my legs are tired or need a break, I need to do something else instead. \u00a0Unless it’s my one rest day during the week.<\/p>\n

And in the event the weather is not cooperating, I’ll do something else instead.<\/p>\n

Here’s to week 2!<\/p>\n

How are your goals for 2012 going?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last December, I mentioned that I had lost my running mojo. \u00a0I had lost my everything mojo because I had no umph to get up and workout. \u00a0Which is really odd for me because I LOVE working out. \u00a0I also LOVE running, so to have my thoughts change and become “meh” about the whole situation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,52],"tags":[53],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3Tc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}