High on Aspiration, Low on Ability...Part 2


So when we last left off (High on Aspiration, Low on Ability), I had begun "training" for the Rugged Maniac coming up this Spring.  I am proud to say that Week #1 was as close to a smashing success as it gets for me.  I logged a running total of 7.1 miles for the week and only hurt  myself ONCE doing it!  7.1 miles in one week is a total joke to you marathoners, but I'm fairly certain that if you totaled the number of miles I've ever run in my entire life before last week....it probably wouldn't be much more than that.

Then it snowed.  I was tough about the 5:30am crap, the cold weather, and I even got right up and kept running when I fell and scraped my knees, but snow?!  My level of dedication is not, nor will probably ever be, THERE.  So I went to the gym and ran on the treadmill.  It was awful.  Do you know how freakin' coordinated you have to be to run in place while the ground is moving beneath you?!  I almost ate it when I tried to drink some water while still slow-jogging!  Seriously, it gave me nightmares. 

In other words, Week #2 was a whopping misfortune as far as "training" went.  I logged a wee total of 2 miles running and even managed to injure myself again.  I got excited when I fell last week - not because I did it with all the grace of a drunken gazelle, but because I thought "Oh, Thank God! I got the obligatory injury out of the way and it was only as bad as some scrapes!" 

Apparently, I'm striving to make this a weekly tradition, however.  Today, I pulled a muscle in my right shoulder blade....trying to work out my abs.  I really can't give you any explanation that would help you make sense out of that.  I'm still trying to pan out for myself what happened.  That's just what becomes of you when you get fancy and attempt adding stuff to your routine.  Jillian Michaels, I am NOT.

So that's my real inspiration of an update.  I'm still running low on the ability scale, but maintaining a good amount of the aspiration.  Assuming that I don't end up in a body cast, I'll be sure to keep you apprised of my calisthenic catastrophes.  At least I have people who love me and support me enough to send me helpful links like this (I kid you not, my friend text me this and I LOST it):

See how easy it is?  You only have to remember to do TWELVE things at one time while you're running?!  *Sigh*  Regardless, I am determined to train myself to KEEP GOING, even when it's hard.  If I can apply this to every other area in life, then why not apply it to running?

♥M