The Reluctant Runner

A snippet of my internal monologue on Friday evening:

I should go for a run now, just a short 6k.

But I’m kind of hungry and it is dinner time. But if I eat dinner now then I’ll have to wait a bit before I head out to run, and then it’ll be dark and I don’t like running alone at night.

So I should just have a snack and then run, and have a late dinner.

But I don’t have anything proper to snack on.

So forget about running tonight, I’ll just go for a run tomorrow!

But will I really go for a run tomorrow? Yes, yes, I definitely will because I’m going to skip my run tonight so I’ll have to go tomorrow to make up for it.

But I wanted to give my eyes a break from contact lenses this weekend, and there’s no way I’m running with glasses on. So I really should run now.

But I really am hungry now, and a little tired. So why don’t I just eat dinner and run tomorrow?

Oh yeah, I wasn’t planning on wearing my contact lenses tomorrow…

And on and on it (or rather I) went, probably for about 10 minutes or so.

And in the end, what did I do? I went out for a run, reluctantly, after chowing down on a handful of tortilla chips and guacamole (I really didn’t have any proper pre-run snacks around!).

But in all honesty? The thing that really got me to pull on my runners and head out for a run? The fact that I had this maple bacon (yes, that’s bacon sprinkled on top!) cupcake from For the Love of Cake to eat that night for dessert.

And it was soo worth it.

6 Comments July 7, 2010