Days 82 - 87: Feud

I haven't been posting because I hate running. Seriously, we might have to break up or something... it's becoming an abusive relationship.

Friday and Saturday I did nothing. Sort of. I had a friend in town, and we did a lot of touristy things, so we walked around downtown a lot and climbed a (sort of) mountain. But we'll say they were rest days. Since it's an easy week, they were supposed to be rest days anyway.

Sunday called for a 10k. Which sucked. Ok, it wasn't THAT bad, but it wasn't great: 1:02:27. I think I felt slower than I actually ran, partly because it was grossly humid and I felt like I was swimming, not running.

Since our schedule is all crazy now, we had an 8 miler Monday. That run was even worse. The worst kind of run. It was SO. FREAKIN. HOT. And humid. And I was tired, and hungry, and apparently dehydrated, since I actually stopped sweating midrun. Final time 1:29:53. I should be better than that. Two bad runs in a row... I was nearly at my breaking point.

Thankfully Tuesday was full of belly dancing, which usually improves my mood. Finished the choreography for the African drum solo--super cute and fun; another class I'm sad is over. I have to back off on the classes--no money, need to try to catch up. Hopefully I can pick up again in a few months. Until then I guess I'll just have to dance in my living room. On the bright side, that might help me get back at my obnoxious neighbors...

Today I was indecisive about what my cross training workout should be, but ended up going to a hot power yoga class. I haven't been to yoga in forever, it seems like. It was good to be back, although it was one tough workout. I was going to swim after, too, but I was exhausted, so I just came home and watched Grey's Anatomy instead. Fail.

I'm a little worried. I am reaching a level of exhaustion that even coffee cannot conquer, and my running times are dropping. Stress and heat and humidity? Or iron issues again? I really don't think I can go through that mess all over again. I've been choking down red meat a couple times a week to try to compensate. I don't want to choose between running and red blood cells. Why can't I just be a normal person and have both?

Dreading tomorrow's run...