45degrees, 7:50am start
new shoes
Today was bleh. Fatigued legs. No motivation. Delayed start. Intervals with a lesser pace differential then previous weeks- which was a result of all the aforementioned things, but didn't help. Somedays you feel like you are stuck within limits that are not of your making, but no matter what you do you can't break free of it. So instead of fighting it too hard and wasting energy that way. I did intervals for about 3 miles, then stopped and tried to just maintain a decent pace for the remaining portion.
At around mile 4- 4.5 I rolled my ankle- something I also did over the weekend- and wasn't sure if I had injured myself. I kept going and got home, but glad I stopped when I did. I doubt theres any lasting damage, but there was definitely a bit of a strain in some tendons, so I'll wrap it up today just to take some pressure off. I'm sure it'll be fine though. I've never been so nervous about injuries - I really want to be able to complete this challenge and any injuries or illness might ruin it all. That has made me a bit overly conservative I think, but it's hard to break the anxiety of those thoughts. I suppose at some point- very soon- I will just be too tired to worry about it. This is one of life's "break you down to build you back up" moments, and I have to welcome both parts of that in whatever form it comes or I'll never make it through to the other side.
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