double down

Don't worry, this post isn't about the sandwich.  In fact, just looking at the picture is making me kind of nauseous.


When i say double down, it means i missed my run yesterday.  I was trying to make it to the fleet feet chicks night, but somebody got in an accident on the Kennedy, and there was no way i would make it there in time sans teleportation.  I really, really wished there was a running group that ran at 7.  The traffic was so bad that i tried to take city streets the whole way just to avoid the highway parking lot.  I was doing pretty good until i got lost.  Have you ever gotten lost in the city you live in?  I do it on a weekly basis.  I ended up on Lincoln, driving through some neighborhood with a lot of signs in Korean.  How do i do these things?? I also saw a man dressed up as the statue of liberty dancing with a light up banjo.  I thought i was having major hallucinations, until i realized this is some kind of promotional thing that liberty taxes does to attract customers.  Damn, i thought i had stumbled onto some kind of candy corn hallucinogenic....

At least mine had a multi-colored light up banjo, which was a nice touch...

For some reason, my longer than normal trek home left me so hungry, i was ready to start hunting feral cats.  I. was. RAVENOUS.  The hunger just hit me like a punch in the face.  I cook dinner most nights, but i walked in the door, threw my credit card at Matt and asked him to please make dinner appear within 30 minutes.  Yeah, i really did that.  poor guy.... He got pizza, which isn't exactly an express train to health city, but he did order a veggie pizza with whole wheat crust. After that we had friends over to play with Waffles and watch the state of the union.  (we party hard.)


So obviously my run just DID NOT HAPPEN.  and i am feeling guilty.  Like, real guilty.  I am totally sucking at running since the puppy came.  Now i need to either double up on mileage tomorrow (hence the double down) or run on friday instead, thereby losing my rest day.  I have read that there are some marathon training programs where you run longer distances on fewer days.  Sometimes i wonder if this would be better for my complete and utter lack of time.  


I am only in week three of my training program and feel tired, hungry, and overwhelmed.  I have my fingers crossed for a second wind/fresh perspective to kick in any day now.  Or a 30 hour day.  It would solve all my problems.  That, or the 20 hour-work week.