Those Days

Anyone else just have those days they want to be over when it’s only 8 am? That was me today. I’ve honestly felt super mentally stressed the past few days. From coach/athlete relationships, traveling, worrying about food and fueling and being completely out of my “comfort” realm. I love a good routine and when it’s totally “messed” up, so am I. Something I am working on (hence me traveling at all!) but still a major work in progress. I tend to out a lot of pressure on people I look up to or care about in these situations (I’m sorry if you are reading this!) which never ends well either. I got up and did a 4 mile run with some strides which was nice, but by 8 am I had already run and FaceTimed my parents, which were the highlights of my day. I am running the CellCom marathon tomorrow in Green Bay, WI as my long run for the week, hence the rest of this week being my deload week before a few more high mileage weeks for the 50 miler. My goal is to fuel well and hold around an 8 or so minute pace, but we will see how I feel as I go, whether it be a little slower or faster. I sat outside, ate a lot of food because I felt hungry today, and Anna and I went to a mall to go to Lululemon. I got a running hat I’m going to wear tomorrow, and a pair of running sunglasses at a sporting goods store for the summer since I don’t have any. Anyway, it’s only 4 PM here but I already ate dinner. I’m going to read more of A Court of Thorns and Roses (second book of the series, I forget the name) shower, stretch, and make another bowl of some kind of snack tonight to make sure I’m set for tomorrow. Then I get to go home tomorrow too!