The picture says it all. That's exactly how I felt today after my run. Funny, I didn't even run that far. It was one of "those" run days. If you are a runner, you know what I'm talking about. I could feel it before I even set out to run. I was hoping I was wrong.
My plan was to run another mile without stopping today, then walk for 2-3 minutes and do another half mile, possibly even another mile total. My daughter wound up needing to stay home sick from school again--which I didn't know until after I had woken her up--so part of my running gear would include a non-jogging/out of alignment/wobbly-wheeled/zero shock-absorbing 5-year old Graco stroller, packed tight with 54-lb. girl. I wasn't looking forward to the whole running/pushing/steering hard thing, and was kicking myself for not running when I had woken up earlier this morning at 5:30am.
I decided to try a new route today, one where the road would be "mostly" flat, or so I thought. It didn't help make it any easier, though, because, well, it was one of those days. A half mile seemed more like a mile, and I stopped to walk much sooner than expected.
When I finally ran again, there was a point where I started to feel like I was getting in the groove, but it wasn't long before my body just gave out and I was done. My engine was out of gas. I was so hot and out of breath that I literally leaned over on the stroller for part of the walk back to my van. I decided to call it a day, and made plans to run again this evening, minus the stroller, post husband getting home from work.
When I got back in the van to head home, something happened that has never happened to me before. I could feel my heartbeat pounding hard in the back of my head. Any other runners out there ever experience something like that? I checked my pulse to see if it was too high, but it was fine and sounded normal. But wow, the pounding.
I started having dizzy spells this evening, so maybe my body was indeed trying to tell me to slow down today for whatever reason. I did manage to at least get in ten minutes on the elliptical tonight, dizzy or not. Hopefully tomorrow I will be feeling much better and I can try for another run.
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