Run 2 - Check

My plan during training is to do my weekday runs bright and early in the morning. I finally got around to my run yesterday at 8:45 pm. My alarm rang at 4:45 am - but at that point I had only about 31/2 hours of sleep under my belt and couldn't fathom getting out of bed to run. I did consider for a split second getting up but then figured that since the kids being up all night was the cause of my sleeplessness I would allow myself to change the schedule. However, if my lack of sleep was my own doing I would have to get up and run. That said, the run was rescheduled for the evening.



I got home after work - cleaned up the breakfast mess from the morning - made dinner - semi-cleaned the kitchen - gave the boys baths - played with them for a bit - put Michael to bed - and finally went downstairs to get this run in. I logged my 4 miles and was happy when it was over. I learned the following from training day 2...



I hate running inside on the treadmill!!! It takes me 1 1/2 times as long to run the same distance - why would it be so much harder to run and maintain the same speed as I can outdoors? Must be a mental thing. Also, watching the display is really disheartening - it's like waiting for water to boil.



I get very agitated and fussy when plans change. Getting home from work knowing I still had a run to do just put me in a sour mood and I couldn't shake it until well into this afternoon. It's kind of funny how I do that to myself - get myself all worked up and make the experience way worse than it should be. I must apologize to my family for being such a grouch - sorry guys. The plan was to have the run over and done with first thing. I could have been easy going and all "I'll get to it when I get to it - no worries - I love running." But no.



Jeff got me the Non-Runners Marathon Trainer book and chapter one talks about this thing called "Locus of Control". I will give you the first paragraph so you understand what I am talking about.



Psychologists have been studying people's concepts of what is called locus of control for many years. The word locus means "place" and what the psychologists are interested in is what effect it has on people if they believe the place of control in their lives is somewhere inside them as compared to the effect it has on them if they believe their lives are controlled by forces outside themselves.



I have figured out that I tend toward having an external locus of control - meaning I let the outside world influence the events in my life. I am going to work on this during my training hoping to master the internal locus of control. How awesome would it be to feel 100% in control of everything in your life?!?! I'll let you know once I figure it out.



Today is a rest day so no miles to log until tomorrow morning. :)