skipping

I don't feel like running this afternoon.  I'm in the middle of writing, and I have somewhere to be at 6pm. 

I always worry, though, that if I skip, I'll lose the habit and then bad consequences will ensue.  Then suddenly I'll no longer be a runner.

It feels wrong to leave this conference paper with the sticky ending un-stuck, then again, I know come 8pm I'll feel simultaneously lazy and jumpy if I don't go out.  But I know that I won't have time tonight to work and I need to crack corn now.

Another argument for morning running--which has been very hard to do lately, because of good habits broken.  Stay up too late, then it's hard to go to bed early, then it's hard to get up early enough to run, and so on.  Anyway, this is how I take my rest days--leave 'em unplanned, and let life tell you when to rest. 

And sometimes I skip to remind myself that I can, just to keep running in perspective so I don't become so obsessed that I can't skip a workout. 

Back to the writing...