Running Ruts

Monday and Wednesday were both filled with the same ol same ol running rut - my regular 4 mile course. On Wednesday I came close to breaking out of it, but then backed out at the last minute. I really want to get in 5 miles at some point here, just for the sake of doing something other than 4 miles. Maybe tomorrow or Saturday.

Both of my runs went well. I had some good uphill paces. The cooler weather has been amazing, but I'm still putting out a pretty good sweat! I am looking forward to the upcoming 5K race and I think I'll begin to mentally prepare myself to get a decent time. Preparing for a race does seem to help me when I feel "rutty." It motivates and stretches me. Even though it's only a 5K, I can still feel challenged by it. I would love to break 30:00 minutes for sure. I would think faster or could think about breaking my PR, but this course has some hills in it and a huge one in the beginning. I'll have to find out what I ran it in last year and shoot to at least do better than that time. I don't want to be unrealistic but I do want to push myself.

Since it's just a few weeks away, I'm going to focus on eating healthy to prevent any sickness, especially since at the moment I happen to have an ill child in the house. It's a pretty bad upper respiratory thing and I just don't want to get it!
I need to make sure I'm getting plenty of rest too.