Endurance

I injured my foot running right before Christmas, so I decided to take about a week off before slowly getting back into it.  I figured a week wouldn't kill me, and I was also swimming, so I'd be good.  Right?  Wrong.  I didn't think about the fact that my endurance wouldn't stay up and I'd have to work on that again.  Last weekend, I did a few runs in new shoes and could feel that my stamina wasn't there.  However, today I did a long run (6.2 miles, or 10 kilometers) and it was...not great.  I ended up having to stop after every mile to walk a little and stretch, and then my damn shoe kept coming untied.  At least I didn't injure myself again, but it was so frustrating to have to stop so often (even if it was just for 30 seconds) when I'm used to just going until I'm done.  I suppose it will get better, but still...frustrated.

I also wish I had more endurance in my life.  Some days I just don't have any for the girls, and all I can do is sit on the couch and watch them play.  It'd be nice to have a little more endurance so that I could do more things in the evenings after they go to sleep too.  Endurance with certain people would be good too, because I hate feeling like I need to kill them after only about 10 seconds of contact.  It's something to work on, I suppose, but I wish I could just go to the store and buy some!

Let's hope I can endure the day and get everything done for Lily's birthday party that needs to be done.