Running Beyond the Goal

Well, yesterday was just too nice to pass up running! I wasn't planning on doing another 3 miler, but I couldn't resist. My goal for the week's total was to get in 3, 3 mile runs, not 4, 3 mile runs. But I decided to go for it which brought my week's running total beyond my original goal of 9 miles to 12 miles.

Was it a good thing for me to run beyond the goal? I'm not so sure. It seemed that my past problems with the "runner's gut" thing sneaked up on me. I was really disappointed. I had been doing so well. I think it was the fact that I ran two consecutive days in a row without giving my body a chance to rest and recover. I had read that runners with this phenomenon should only run every other day. Maybe I'm only going to be an "every other day" runner from here on out.

Maybe running beyond my goal was a good thing in the final analysis. It definitely showed me I'm not ready to place that much running stress on my body even though mentally I feel ready to. It also places a responsibility upon me to look into some medical advice.

The other thing is that since I got new shoes, I haven't been running in the grass. I think I'm going to have to start running in the grass again, even if that means getting my new shoes full of grass stains! Oh well. And I need to remember to hydrate adequately.

Just when I think things are working out nicely, something occurs that causes me to call upon the Name of Jesus with matters of my running. He is after all the Lord of all, even the Lord of runners!