Day 42

Scheduled: 14-16 miles

12.71 miles (12.04 min/mile)

Here is the deal. I got 3 hours of sleep and ate half of an energy bar before trying to run my plan of 15 miles. So as I figured out that was a terrible plan. I was not as tired as I thought I would be but I learned the true value of eating enough food. I had a tuna fish sandwich for dinner the night before which also was not enough to sustain me through the run. I started out doing pretty well but after the first hour and half I started to really struggle. I just could not get my self moving without feeling like I was going to pass out. I was going to keep going and try to get at least 14 miles but I decided that passing out was not worth it.

I started running outside but it began snowing on me within the first 5 minutes of my run so I decided to head to the gym. I hated running on the treadmill and I actually might have been able to go a little longer if I had been outside. I am not so good on the treadmill on my long runs. I cannot wait for the weather to get good enough that I won't even have to think about running that much on a treadmill.

I was upset with myself but it had taught me a valuable lesson. I need to focus more time on me and my health. I need to make time to plan ahead and get the items I need to keep me going. This was the first time that I did not attain the scheduled amount of running. I am vowing now to never have that happen again.