I sit here writing this having just eaten an entire sugary cinnamon role and feeling sort of gross. I am now working on a fourth day of not running. What happened? I think this is actually a typical pattern that often happens when life gets in the way. Could be weather, injury, family, anything that keeps us from running. I think my only excuse has been general laziness for some reason. Doesn’t really matter why you haven’t run, what matters is turning it around and getting out there again. As easy as that might be, it is actually a pretty tough mental hurdle to get over.

I am not sure what the cause of the mental hurdle is, but it is real and it is there. When things are going well we are inspired to get out there and do another run. Building on our past successes seems like such a natural thing. Excuses come really easy. Like right now I am thinking I feel sort of sick after all that sugar and can’t possibly run. Of course I can, I just have to get moving,

Maybe the block I feel after taking time off is similar to the motivation I feel after running well for several days in a row. An inner quest to regulate or do the same thing I did yesterday. My body gets used to not making the effort and just sits there waiting for what? Me to get off my butt and go I guess. So that is my goal today, get out there and run