Running was one of the things that got me through last winter. I was dealing with mild depression last November and much of December mostly due to everything shutting down around me...and I had a lot of emotional stress from my job. I didn't realize how much the emotional stress was feeding into other areas of my life until this fall...when I was in a more positive work environment. I don't have the same kind of work stress anymore at all. Although COVID is still very much present and the Omnicron variant sounds like a doomsday is about to hit--we are in a better place. We have been able to resume mostly normal lives with some regulations or restrictions. I reached a point where I don't care anymore and I am ready to move on with life.
I feel more motivated to run again. I did exercise throughout the summer but didn't really train for anything. I did a 5K with the kids in September. My exercise was not as consistent. I would take a week or two off and then try to hit it hard again. I had a pretty nasty cold in November. Rob traveled a lot and that always makes scheduling more difficult.
I want to train for another marathon. I was very spoiled last winter with being able to do long runs during the day. I don't want to go back to the remote working at all...I didn't like not having a job description and dealing with certain coworkers. But I did the like the time freedom. This time around I will need to do early morning workouts. Honestly I have not done early morning workouts consistently since 2019...maybe early 2020 but I can't remember. It is going to be hard to restart that habit. But I have to try.
My first week was a good start though.
Monday = Ran 5 miles with a pace of 10:06 in pouring rain!! No break from the rain.
Tuesday = Hiked 5 miles with Matt in the Columbia River Gorge by Multnomah Falls. Such a great hike!
Wednesday = Ran 4.03 miles with Emily from Riverfront to Minto with a pace of 9:50. Again a lot of rain.
Thursday = 20 minutes of weights at the gym, stationary bike for 35 minutes at the gym
Friday (Christmas Eve) = Intervals...3 miles at Pringle School 6 laps with recovery in between
Saturday (Christmas Day) = Ran 10 miles at 10:18 pace! Trying to outrun the snow storm. Glad I got the run in before all the snow hit.
Sunday = Rest but enjoying the snow!
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