Patiently Waiting

I'm patiently waiting on this process to get easier!  Good gracious.  Unfortunately, it's not any easier.  I suppose I do slowly get somewhat better at it, but it's *never* easier.  At least not yet.  My cousin and I were talking about how we have our good days and we have our bad days.  It seems that since week 2, I have had an unfair share of bad days.  O.K., maybe that's not a fair statement.  I've probably had an equal share of good and bad runs.  But good, bad, or average, none of its easy.

Today I ran 5 miles in 47 minutes.  I wanted to run faster today than I did yesterday.  Because I know I can.  I kept telling myself that the faster I run, the sooner I can get home and do nothing.  On the last half of my run my quads were killling me.  They are Still sore from Friday's 9-miler.  Which makes me really nervous about this weekend's long run.  I'm starting to doubt my capabilities.  :(  I finished my run and thought to myself, "I should definitely stick to 10Ks."  Today's 5-mile run Really put 13.1 miles into perspective. 

I wanted to do some weight lifting this week, since I haven't done any since I started my training.  But with my quads so sore, I'm not sure that's advisable this week.  I don't know what to do.  Other than to keep on keep'n on.  My old soccer coach used to say, "Just keep shooting.  One of them has to get in the net eventually."  For now I'll equate that to my running.  Just keep running, something has to click eventually.

I had a REALLY great photo I wanted to take and share with you this evening.  Sadly, I never got the opportunity to take the photo without looking like a lunatic.  There was a mini-van parked next to me when I got back to my car with a magnet on the back of the van of a cat's face.  It was so strange.  It looked like a magnet made at Wal-Mart, you know where they'll make your picture into anything... blankets, puzzles, coffee mugs, slippers, etc.  This was a large face shot of a cat.  That's all.  So strange.  Sorry Lassie Cat, I will not honor or memorialize you on a magnet on the back of my mini-van, station wagon, refrigerator, or even water heater.