Weather at run time: 76 degrees; humidity 93%; yielding a heat index of 81 degrees. Ugh and yuk! I hate running when the humidity is so high, would much rather run in higher temps with lower humidity. Today's run was 1 mile shorter than yesterday, but much harder due to the high humidity - but as I said "You can't control the weather!"
Lesson re-cap time:
1. It takes determination
2. It’s a major time commitment
3. You can’t control the weather
4. Have a goal
5. Get motivated
Today's lesson #6 is Have a Reward System. Training for a marathon is hard work, so you need to give yourself some positive reinforcement now and then. Pick something that works for you, but it should be consistently applied as your progress through your training. My reward system that I have used for years is very simple and serves the dual purpose of being my running log. Whenever I run, I put a star on my desk calendar at work. This calendar is in front of me all day long, so I am constantly looking at it. When I do a 3 mile run, I get a red star, 4 miles is a green star, 5 miles is a silver star, 6 is a gold star and 7 is a blue star. Of course, as your mileage increases and you star doing longer runs, you add multiple stars to show your total mileage for that day. These are the little stick on stars we (well, most of us) all got on our school papers as children. Explaining to your co-workers why you have grade school stars on your work calendar is your problem! The goal of course is to get 3 blue stars and 1 silver all on the same day!
One more run (on Sunday) to close out the first week. This has been a relatively easy week, the schedule picks up next week. Before I sign off for today; the "Song of the Blog" for your running MP3 pleasure today is Knowing Me, Know You by ABBA.
Have a great Labor Day weekend!
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