I wasn’t feeling well. I didn’t sleep much last night. My legs are sore in the wrong places; I may be starting to develop shin splints. I had very little energy, but I went out to run anyway. My run was turning out how you would expect… poorly. I was walking a lot. I was even considering turning around at mile 2 and heading back for just a 4 miler.

But then I saw George Oscar Bluth, Sr. from Arrested Development asking me what was keeping me from performing… and then I finally found a rhythm.

I was starting the down-hill portion of my run, so it didn’t require a lot of strength or endurance to keep going, but I knew the big hill at the end would come calling eventually. I managed to mostly jog up that last hill, which made my overall time just slightly less than it was on Monday. If I had not walked those first two miles I might have put together a pretty good run. Maybe next time.