The alarm went off this morning and I felt whatever the diametric opposite of motivation is to go out and run. However, I reminded myself that this is the last week of big miles. Next week marks the start of taper time, when your mileage drops so that you are ready for the race. So I just need to get through this one week. Eventually, that was what got me out the door, although it was not a quick process by any stretch of the imagination.
Yet again, my schedule is weird this week since I will be traveling to Gainesville tomorrow. I decided to flip the 10 mile run that was supposed to take place on Thursday and do it instead today (now Thursday will be 5 miles). This was probably part of why I was somewhat unmotivated this morning: 10 miles is a long way. In fact, not that long ago I would have called it a long run. But I had to get it done this morning since there is a chance of showers later and I figured I did not want to risk it.
The run itself wasn't so bad once I just got out there. Some days the entire battle is just getting out there. The first part was mostly overcast, which was great. Then there was more sun than I would have liked, but a somewhat cool breeze came with it. I say 'somewhat' because it is more humid than normal at this time of year, so it wasn't quite as enjoyable as it could have been. Not crazy summer hot or anything though, which is good.
Only 29 more miles to go this week! <-- this is a remarkably demotivating thought.
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