Valentine's Day. The Holiday that creates the deep need to consume mass amounts of chocolate and wine. Well it happens to have fallen on my long run day. Being that I am in training (which means I have a sheet of paper barking orders rudely at me) and an avid hater of running, this gave me the perfect excuse NOT to go running. After all shouldn't I "love" myself with a breakfast of chocolate and maybe a morning nap?
Here is the clincher, I may have run this distance before on previous marathon training schedules, but each time it feels new. It is a new year and a new me. You can think of it as the horrifically painful gift that keeps on giving.
The truth is, skipping running, while appealing, will not make me feel better. Skipping a run will make me feel worse. Not because I feel good while I am running or because I am full of energy after my run, but because I feel like I have accomplished something and on long run days, that something feels huge. It doesn't matter if your long run is 2 miles or 22 miles, running farther, pushes you further than you will ever know.
So, today's Valentine's gift to myself, was a sense of accomplishment...and a box of chocolates...and a bottle of wine. OK, who am I kidding, 2 bottles of wine.
-Cheers from the Vivác Winery Family!
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