Crappy Run

Today I had a pretty crappy run. "Run" is a strong word for what it felt like I did. I tried to fit in a nice, easy run before practice. My plan was to run a bit before practice with the team, then do a nice jog with them as it is the night before a meet. I got in two miles. My time would say I was moving pretty decently, but that shit was forced today. It felt like I was dragging a boulder. It was not fun.

I had an amazing run yesterday with my varsity: 3 miles to a hill, 6 hard ups and 6 hard downs and the run back. The way back I got after it a little bit. It felt good to run hard after being sick over the weekend. 

Today that run bit me in the ass. I barely got in my two miles and did not bother to go out on the easy run with the team, for which, I felt guilty.

The question here is, do I regret my run from yesterday, considering how badly my run was today? Were the benefits of that other run equal to what I lost doing only 2 crappy miles today?

I don't know the answers and I will not pretend and give you all a sage piece of advice about running that will be complete bullshit. I'm sure if you read this to the end, you may have run before and may know the feelings I'm talking about. The real point is that we've all been there. If you run, you know there are great days as often as there are bad ones. I can tell you, though, that I will be back out tomorrow, putting in my miles and getting ready for that next race. 

The easy thing to do would be to forget it and move on, but I don't think I'm gonna do that. I'm gonna tough it out tomorrow because that's what I want to do. Maybe that's not smart and that advice won't go on a poster, but I don't care. I run for me, so I'll be out there. It might suck, but I won't know until I get out there.