Looking forward to this week as I crushed the last week. Will I crush it? Will I not? Let’s find out.
Day 1 – Sunday, August 16, 2020 – Quarantine Day 153
Sunday was an awesome day to start the week with.
I knew we had a plan for a long bike ride, so I wanted to get some run before we head out to bike. Keeping that in mind, I got up at my usual time & had to take care of some stuff, as I am about to move out of my current apartment. That took the entire morning, and it was 2PM when I got a chance to go out for a quick run, before our bike ride.
The run was quite normal given the temperature and weather for Sunday. I enjoyed the laziness of the run and didn’t mind the time for a 5K.
Once I was back, I refueled quickly and took a shower, before heading out for a bike ride. I haven’t gotten a chance to spend that much time with Jinx for the last few weeks, so I was really waiting for it & I had ordered a set of handlebars to give it an upgrade, but, unfortunately, haven’t received those yet. Once I do, my Jinx will definitely have an upgrade and look better than right now.
The bike ride didn’t feel that much, though it was 26 miles. The good thing about Jinx is that even though I ride more than 25 miles, I hardly feel tired and it makes me realize the money was well spent.
Day 2 – Monday, August 17, 2020 – Quarantine Day 154
I wanted to repeat the 5K routine like yesterday, but an early morning meeting and some procrastination didn’t let me go out for a run. Missing the run in the morning made the entire day pass by without running as the evening was spent with kids playing soccer and some bike ride.
You can say it was a REST DAY for me!
Day 3 – Tuesday, August 18, 2020 – Quarantine Day 155
One Rest Day is followed by one more. The work has been a little bit more than usual and that contributes to me being lazier these days and skipping runs.
If you have been following my journey, I need to get in a 5K every single day to accomplish my goal of running 1,000 miles in 2020. That goal is taking a serious hit and I must focus.
Hoping the rest of the week goes smoothly.
Day 4 – Wednesday, August 19, 2020– Quarantine Day 156
I am on the fourth day of the week and nowhere closer to my goal of running at least 22-23 miles a week. I try to track my runs almost every day but due to one reason or another tend to neglect it. Today was the day when I sat down and calculated the number of miles I needed to run before the end of the week – Saturday. I wasn’t happy with my procrastination and told myself to put some more efforts if I wanted to accomplish the weekly running target.
Well, what do I say? I could finish only a 5K before heading home. I wasn’t happy, but thought its better than skipping the entire day, right? I am hopeful I will come back stronger and better. I will try to put more efforts to finish my weekly target of 23 miles.
Day 5 – Thursday, August 20, 2020– Quarantine Day 157
One more week before the weekends. The work and other stuff is taking over life these days and I ended up skipping the run for the day today too.
Having said that, I spent the evening working out with friends using different YouTube videos. Today, we went ahead with the below video and I must say I was tired at the end of it. The instructor in the video is really good and the types of exercises make me sweat more than other videos.
Day 6 – Friday, August 21, 2020– Quarantine Day 158
Ah! The last workday of the week and I couldn’t be more excited. For a change, I had a little easy Friday and the last four days contributed to that.
I managed to squeeze in a quick 5K before lunch. I was sweaty at the end as the temperatures were in the highs of 80s. A quick shower helped and I could enjoy the rest of the day and lunch. It was around 4.30PM when I called it a day. We had plans to go out for dinner, which we were doing almost after 6 months, so I wanted to go out for a run and I am glad that I could do that.
The second run was more tiring, but it got me to closer to my weekly target. One more day to go and I couldn’t be more excited for Saturday.
Day 7 – Saturday, August 22, 2020– Quarantine Day 159
The last day of the week.
When I started the run in the morning, I had only one goal in mind – complete the weekly quota and I didn’t care how I was going to achieve that.
Things didn’t start correctly for me. It was 56F, so I was wearing a T-shirt, which in the past has troubled me with messing the Apple Watch and switching the workouts. This time, it was no different. When I was at the second lap of the NHS track and field, I heard a beep from the Apple Watch, but didn’t pay attention. Things looked weird to me when I was at the fourth lap of the track and still the Apple Watch didn’t notify me the 1 mile completion ringtone. I wanted to check what really was going on and found out that the workout was paused. I cursed my Apple Watch so much at that time, but given the target I had in mind, I resumed the watch, took off my T-shirt and continued with my run.
As I was about to finish the 3rd mile, my Apple Watch beeped again, this time, it was a 10% Battery reminder. This was the second time I cursed and the recipient was yours truly this time. I remember putting my watch on charger, not sure if it was properly kept. This low battery caused me to finish the run sooner than I expected.
Here’s when the real magic happened. The old Milind would have quit and gone home and have reasoned to finish the remaining miles tomorrow or someday next week. But, as I have been running for almost 9 months now, it was a NEVER GIVE UP attitude that triggered me to use STRAVA MOBILE APP to record my run. It was an epiphany, and I couldn’t help but chuckle. Thank goodness, I had my phone with me, which I usually don’t carry when I run. Today, it came to the rescue.
When I started the second run, the morning events caused NHS track to look boring, so I thought of going a mile outside the track and later come back to finish my run. That’s when I got the RUNNERS’ HIGH. I saw myself crossing many barriers and heading to my favorite road in Wayne County – Hines Drive. I hadn’t run on Hines Drive in months, so today was an awesome day to do that and I was happy that I could see myself go through it. By the time I was finished with the Hines Drive section of the run, I had already surpassed my weekly goal and was accumulating additional miles, which is always a good feeling. By the time I reached my car, it was a total of 12.5 miles of running (excluding the one that I couldn’t capture) and I was happy with my performance.
As I had finished my run in the morning, the rest of the day went in taking care of some chores, shopping, and other stuff. I enjoyed post-dinner soccer with kids. It was the perfect way to end this week.
But, before you go, please check out this highlight.
See you next week!
stochasticity 
One thought on “Week 33 (August 16 – August 22) – Running 1,000 miles in 2020”