Running Musings - 031407

Yesterday, I ran outside for the first time in a while. I felt so pathetic, and slow. It was a 3 mile run. Again, as I noticed before it takes me about 2 miles to warm up, and I survival shuffled a lot of it. However, I was very frustrated with how it was a struggle, and I kept thinking what fear do I have, what fear is this? It got to the point that I looked up to the trees, and thought, what fear do I have, when I realized, duh, there is so much stimulation outside, that I look everywhere but straight ahead . . . including up in the air. That would definitely affect the overall experience. I tried to track during Rock Lobster, and it was better, not great, but better. I realized if I really wanted to work on my running outdoors, then I need to run outdoors. I could see myself running 1 time outdoors if I plan on running 4 times/week, and 2 times outdoors if I run more than that in a week. However, last year, the humidity just zapped my strength so I probably won't run much during the summer. It was just draining.