Day 27

The December streak holds strong. Lots of treadmill time has been actually kind of nice. Getting caught up on movies! The only difficult part about this streak has been finding time. A few late nights but motivation has been high so despite lack of sleep I get it done. Only a few days left. 30 minutes minimum each day. 

Adversity and choosing when to run

The past week has been a rough one. Some illness is hanging on and won't let go. Seems to be a stomach thing as I've lost my appetite, very weak, have random bouts of stomach cramps, and had a fun night and following morning of diarrhea. Seems like norovirus. Add that to kids keeping me up at night and I'm fairly wrecked. Coffee isn't even appealing! 

Most runs feel ok though and the motivation is high to chug out 30 minutes minimum since I've ran the past 20 days. Physically running-wise I feel fine. Overall I feel out of it. This next week I'll run a bit less since the Chariot will be out of use with my daughter home. No big deal. The goal is minimum 30 minutes a day. 

I know I bitch a lot about not running in the morning and I'd guess people wonder what my wife is doing, why can't she watch the kids? Well that is my decision. Being a stay at home dad I see it as my job to be there for my kids when needed. Whether that's up a few times at night like last night or up at 5am everyday sacrificing my mornings. 

Also running is a very selfish activity. I will fit it into my schedule and use my personal time which currently happens to be at night. Yeah, I don't prefer it, but it's what I've got now and even if I complain I adapt. Besides no one can complain about my running if I'm using MY time can they? 

From an ultra training standpoint I'd assume having an odd schedule, lack of sleep, and recently pushing through sickness I'm adapting to all sorts of things making my mind stronger. Adaptability and perseverance to obtain a goal seems to be key components of racing ultra distances. 

So five days left of Advent Running and eleven left to run all of December. I won't let the shits stop me.

A few recent photos, I can't caption them on my phone app. A couple from the Wyre Forest and a Saturday post lunch break run pulled pork sandwich. My stomach felt like shit but I needed some calories! 

Day 13 I stumbled. Lack of sleep and busy days built up but I recovered and went forth with 30 minutes to hold the streak. The wife seems to have forgotten that I'm running every day this month. I guess I misspoke in my last post that she is understanding the importance. 

Feeling down a bit but will hopefully snap out of it with a good run on the Wyre Forest later today. I feel mediocre in everything and want to be better, but that takes time and patience. I need to realize that. Take it one day at a time. 

Ten days streaking are done. Minimum of 30 minutes. I'm feeling great. Motivated. Having fun.

I've actually been using the treadmill a fair amount and enjoying it. It's an easy way to run worry free at night. I've been watching YouTube videos of Arrowhead 135, Rovaniemi 150, and a bunch of other similar stuff. I'm considering hooking up our old tv! Could be a bit overkill though. 

I hate running at night outside and it's been my only option 5 days of the week for a year now. I've been saying it for months now but hopefully the little guy will shift soon!

I think it's all going smoothly, despite still being forced to run at night, because my wife has realized the importance of running to me and the effect (sp?) it has. 

Well it's December 1st. It's time to run if I intend to streak the month. Not sure how motivated I am in all reality. I need to try though. Went through a pretty good bout of depression a couple weeks ago which is probably a good indicator that I need to run. 

I've begun to hate the holidays and the winter. The stress involved seems to erupt all at once and the trade off of supposed fun is minimal. Planning ahead solves all though in reality so I have no excuse. Every weekend is something going on with the wife's friends which is alright but I have to work which requires me to try to get days off or leave early which is difficult in the retail world adding more stress.

Still not running in the morning which has been almost a year now I'd guess. You'd think I'd adjust, but no. Some days I think if it's all worth it even?

Right now I have the opportunity to take my daughter out in the Chariot but she's changed her mind and wants to go with mummy despite mummy leaving already. So I guess it will be a night run. 

This girl gets so upset when I leave for JKD on Mondays yet when she has my full attention doesn't want it. It upsets me seeing her on Mondays so much I've not gone the past two and am considering only going Thursday's now. After this morning maybe I'll reconsider. 

Anyway. On with the day.