{"id":3028,"date":"2014-09-19T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2014-09-19T07:48:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T11:48:19","slug":"slumpity-slump-slump-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/19\/slumpity-slump-slump-slump\/","title":{"rendered":"Slumpity Slump Slump Slump"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started this post yesterday, then got sucked into the vortex of a work crisis.\u00a0 So here goes nothing<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Tuesday night, my training schedule called for a 6 mile run.\u00a0 Well, actually, my training schedule called for a 6 mile run on Tuesday and a bike ride last night, but on Tuesday, I couldn’t face the treadmill, so I switched it up.\u00a0 Why do today what you can put off til tomorrow?<\/p>\n

As I have described the run in my training log, “I hate running.”\u00a0 Lately, my midweek runs have been such a slog!\u00a0 It’s like the last thing I want to do is run.\u00a0 I’m not sure what the change has been.\u00a0 I used to love it.\u00a0 It’s just a slump, I think.\u00a0 It could also be that I’m just not seeing a ton of improvement in my running and that’s frustrating me.\u00a0 I won’t see much improvement though, with my heart issues.\u00a0 There’s a bit of room to improve, and I need to remember that.\u00a0 If I could just shave 30 seconds off my average mile pace, that would be amazing.<\/p>\n

It’s tough to be in a slump.\u00a0 I know that for me, what gets me out is just sticking to the plan.\u00a0 At some point, something will go right and I will magically love running again.\u00a0 It’s just going to take time.\u00a0 And I have to remember that I’m not only doing this for my running races, but I do want to improve at triathlons too.\u00a0 It’s tough when I have a great swim and bike only to be passed repeatedly on the run.\u00a0 Yes, I need to get over that because it’s always going to happen, but even minor improvements will help.<\/p>\n

For now, I’ll just rock the slump and be glad that fall tv shows have returned so I have something to watch while on the treadmill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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