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"That" point

July 14, 2010 by MCM Mama Leave a Comment

As of Tuesday afternoon, I had not run in 5 days.   I did have moments of activity in those days, but there were also too many moments of doing nothing active.  I don’t think I’ve missed 5 days of running since the week after my first marathon, but circumstances conspired to make running impossible this past week.

Tuesday afternoon, I reached “that point”.  You all know it.  I’m sure most of you have felt the same feeling at least to some degree.

I had to run.

Running was no longer an option.  It was a requirement.  It was a matter of life or death (or at least a matter of having any ability to be a decent mom.  For those who don’t know, running is what keeps me from needing anti-depressants.  If I don’t run, I get depressed and it manifests itself as anger at the world.)

The boys were in the middle of the 5,234,987th argument of the day and I just walked out the door.  (Don’t worry, Beer Geek was in the same room with them.)  I ran 3 hard miles.  The last mile was mostly uphill and I did it in 9:04.  This was not an easy run.  This was a push and then push some more run.

When I walked back in the door, I could be a good mom again.  Thank God for endorphins.

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