59 days till Brussels 20K: Beat the blerch
The Blerch is a hateful creature, also known als that voice that creeps inside your head telling you: Sure! you can have a slice of cake! Have two! So you don’t feel like running today? There’s always tomorrow! Scheduled for a 10 K run but sick of running in the rain? Just go home and cuddle up under your blanket with a pint of Ben & Jerry’s and watch a Game of Thrones Marathon, No biggie! …
You guessed it. I am all too familiar with THE BLERCH.
The Blerch is a term that was given to this fenomenon by a wonderful cartoonist called The Oatmeal (check him out: http://theoatmeal.com) in a comic about his own struggles with running and eating (check it out: http://s3.amazonaws.com/theoatmeal-img/comics/running/running_0header.png ). Being a former fat kid and runner himself, he describes perfectly what The Blerch can do to a runner, but also how it can motivate you when used in the right way.
All of this went through my head when I was actually passed out like a sack of potatoes during harvest season in front of the tv and downing the remainder of an actual pint of Ben & Jerry’s (can’t let it go to waste just because I decided to take a silly 60 day pledge to train and eat right, right?).
This, my friends, is my typical Blerch behaviour. And if I’m not careful, I’ll let this little evening of sweet sweet indulgence turn into two nights, maybe three, and before I know it, I’ll have to run 20K with clogged arteries and 10 extra kilo’s (psyching myself out a little bit, have you noticed?).
So sorry Blerch, this girl will be running today. First day of my 60 day my asics schedule and there’s an easy 5K on the menu. Meeting up with mom after work to do some Parc laps (each is 3,3 K so I might do 2 to be safe). Keep a look out for my post-run post.