DAY FOURTEEN

So I've officially been training for 2 weeks. I have experienced alot of highs and lows (mostly middles though) while trying to reach my goal. I certainly don't proport to know ANY good information about running, however yesterday, I gave my Aunt Tammy some very BAD advice which today has come back to bite me in the you know! I told her to "GET MAD-THEN RUN"...yuck!
I ran mad yesterday. In fact, I did more than run mad yesterday. I ellipticalled mad, I biked mad, I sit-upped mad (don't know if sit-upped is a word...in fact I KNOW it's not), I weight lifted mad....you get the picture. At the end of the workout, I left the gym mad. Now why I was mad is not the issue. The real issue is
What do you get out of training mad???????????
Does envisioning the faces of ALL of your wrongdoers on the belt of the treadmill help propel a person to reach their ultimate goal? Hmmm...don't know. But I sure didn't like the way I felt yesterday....even after accomplishing my daily goal. I was mad. And to put the cherry on top, I woke up with a whopper of a swollen knee and pain.....which made me.......(theme song to jeopardy playing........you guessed it...... MAD!!!!!
So, I postponed my training for today to rest my knee, bought some new shoes (or should I say my husband bought me some new shoes) and went to lunch. Ate too much went to Target to buy some OsteoBiFLEX, icy hot patches, gel inserts and some omega three fish oil. Oh Yeah....and some HAPPY VITAMINS.....supposedly for women who are MAD!!!!!!!!! I will start making fun of myself again tomorrow. :) That's the only cure for "mad melissa" that has ever worked. Laughter and comedy can be great medicine and motivation. So, although I will not dole out anymore unsolicited advice to anyone about running, I must say that I've now tried two ways.....funny and mad. Me thinks I prefer funny. It's.......funnier!