I must be feeling the effect of too-little sleep. Today's planned 5 miler wasn't to be. I cut it off at a turning point and walked much of it home.
The legs were flat, amazingly flat. Simply nothing there. In analyzing why, I noted that:
- I have had less-than-normal amounts of sleep the past week
- Umpiring baseball has kept me up later and on my feet more
- Squatting to see 11 year-old strike zones takes a toll on the quads
- I ate a light dinner last night, umpired, went to bed, got up and ran
- Low hydration plus low fuel plus low sleep equals "empty"
All of this leads to the 10km race I'm entered in tomorrow. It will be interesting to see if I can run the entire distance. Given that I have to umpire again tonight!!
Some runs are great. Many are unremarkable. Some are lousy.
And you always persevere.
"Some runs are great. Many are unremarkable. Some are lousy.
ReplyDeleteAnd you always persevere."
Oh, so true. You've got to be loving the baseball though. I hope the 10K turns our the way you'd like.