The black cloud lingering above the Running Chick and A.maria headed my way too. I only ran once this past week, for no reason besides the fact that I was feeling burnt out. A.maria described it best...

knowing you have to run, not wanting to run.... but then also wanting to run...

I planned to run today. After work I had my running gear ready. I knew I needed to run, but I didn't want to do it. Instead, I sat in front of the tv, watched Oprah and ate junk. The whole time I felt guilty, yet I couldn't stop myself. Why is it so difficult for me to make good decisions? I question how I can run a marathon, when I make such poor choices--when I know the 'right' things I should be doing. I feel like a 'fake runner' because I don't take running serious enough by eating healthy, doing speed workouts or getting in my training miles. I know I will always have a passion for running, but I felt it starting to slip away this week.

I'm not looking for people to make me feel better about this funk, I just needed a place to vent. So I'm sorry for the rant, but I guess we need the bad days to really appreciate the good ones.

Heres' to wishing for the black cloud to float far, far away from the RBF.