arguchik | running blah-log

i ran 3 miles today, and i only made 6 miles this week--7 last week. i've had the running blahs for the last couple of weeks, at least during the week. it derailed me on tuesday, wednesday, and friday (yesterday), and almost got today's run, too, but i finally talked myself into the shoes and out the door. this happens. i'm familiar with it, i have been through it before and have always come out fine on the other side. i wasn't prepared for it this time, though. i think the trouble is that i decided to try doing my mid-week runs in the evening. the problem is, i get home from school in the afternoon, and the thought of spending a couple of hours to change into my running gear, stretch, run, stretch again, then shower and eat dinner...it just seems too daunting, too much of a pain in the ass when i just want to wind down from the rest of the day. so, this week i'm going to shift those 2 mid-week runs back to the morning. i wake up at 6am every morning anyway, so i might as well lug my ass out of bed and run. what do i do otherwise? i end up rolling around for about an hour, trying to get comfortable and catch another 30 minutes or so of shut-eye before finally getting up at 7 or 7:15 to eat, shower, dress, and leave.

could that be a motivational motto? "might as well run. what else am i gonna do?"

maybe i can set my computer to wake me up with some energizing music. like the song i'm playing now. "blue monday" by new order. great fucking song man. seriously, does anyone out there know if it's possible to set my computer up as an alarm clock?

p.s. i just realized that the userpic i put on this entry shows *cat* tracks, not *dog* tracks. dammit. i know how to read tracks, too; i can't believe i didn't notice that before. there's nothing wrong with cat tracks, of course; but my intention was to use dog tracks as a remider to myself of how much fun it will be to run with a dog again.