I talked myself out of running today on several occasions. My normal start time came and went. A few hours passed. Then I decided to do a short run and try to include some actual “running” instead of my normal “jogging” the whole way.

I am a terrible runner. When I try to go much faster than my typical pace, I die quickly and with prejudice. I can’t just go back to my normal pace for a while to recover. I have to walk. It’s not pretty. Clearly I need more work in this area. The first 3/4 of the first mile were pretty good, but then it all fell apart. Luckily I was only shooting for 2 miles, otherwise it would have been really ugly.