What is #RWRunStreak?

Some people describe is as 37 days of awesome.  And while I would normally agree with them, I am describing it as 37 days of hard work.  RunnersWorld.com challenges runners to run at least a mile every day starting on Memorial Day and ending on the 4th of July.  I am trying my best to stick with it but I am finding myself EXHAUSTED and SORE (hamstring/glute again).  If you know me then you know that running just ONE mile isn’t enough for me.  You may have heard of some models saying they won’t get out of bed unless the shoot pays them an exorbitant amount of money right?  Well I try not to wake up or start a run unless I get at least 5 miles in.  What’s the point in my mind?!

As you can imagine this might be where the exhaustion and soreness comes in.  Usually I wake up every weekday morning and get to SnapFitness and on a treadmill at 4am.  This keeps me in the air conditioning and out of the rancid humidity, but it also gets me home a little earlier to enjoy time with KAM and K2.  However Tuesday morning the treadmill I designated as mine had an ERROR code on the screen.  UGH!

So I got on the treadmill next to it.  Halfway through my run I begin to wonder if I am just getting really tired or if the treadmill just sped up on its own.  I slow down the pace A LOT and it seems to be going faster.  Then another ERROR sign pops up.  UGHHHH!  Then I get on another treadmill and the darn thing is so noisy.  But I finish up the run and decide I will be running outside the rest of the week so SnapFitness can get “my” treadmills fixed.

I ran at the Dover YMCA one night, ran at Brecknock Park two times and then ran to the Dover YMCA Outdoor Pool.  Let me tell you that run to the pool was a struggle!  K2 asked me what took me so long.  I had to admit to them that I needed to stop a couple times to cool myself down with my frozen water bottle.  This water bottle by the way was no longer frozen when I got to the pool (it was really hot and humid!).

I am determined to make it through these 37 days of awesome but it is hard dammit!  I am facing a few more days and fingers crossed I will finish it.  The only thing that might get in my way is the Orthopedic Doctor I am visiting again on Monday.  Why would he stop me?  Let’s just say that I haven’t been back to him since I got the MRI done of my hamstring/glute.  This #RWRunStreak has left me in some significant pain some days.  Nobody has the time or patience for that.  Besides, I need to get healthy for my next marathon.