It's All Relative!

We all know the phrase, "Someone's got a case of the Mondays" from "Office Space," but I'm happy to say that when you are 14 weeks into marathon training that is NEVER a phrase you will utter for Mondays are the best! 

For most training programs Monday is your short run.  Today was a GLORIOUS 5 mile run, a quasi quick and easy run.  The only problem with your Monday run is fear...today for a good chunk I thought things like, "I can't wait until 2.5 miles cause I'll be 1/2 way done." from that thought came, "holy crap 5 miles on race day means I still will  have 21.2 miles remaining....I might die."  (or something along those lines  ha ha)  When I start to think like this I think about my favorite Friends episode when the girls are playing the guys in a game called, "It's All Relative."  I repeat this phrase when I find myself getting overwhelmed by things like a 5 mile run because it IS all relative.  Take the weather recently...we had a 60 degree day and were breaking out our flip flops....if it were early September and we had a 60 degree day we'd be looking for our Uggs. It's All Relative! 
No 5 miles ISN'T a lot when you are thinking about the full distance of a marathon, but when you are exhausted from life in general and add on to it the physical and mental demands of training, 5 miles can be a killer.  

We all have something going on that has us exhausted and/or pulled in a million directions with a million things to do, but the key is to take things one at a time and not get overwhelmed with things out of your control.  If you are like me you need to prioritize and remember you can't be everywhere at all times for everyone and yourself so you do what you can do and be okay with that.  I'm trying to do that right now and it's not always easy! 

Author's Note: I'm writing this post on my couch at 7:00pm fighting to keep my eyes open because everything has my burnt out, but I also know that I have too much to do to go to bed at 7:00pm Grading papers and getting my spare room prepped for the painter will  have to wait until tomorrow ha ha

You need to prioritize.  If you can't get to everything or do everything, that's okay. -Julie Chen