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I had a bad run today. I don’t say that often, but it was just bad. That, though, doesn’t matter. The fact that I put it in my head before the run that it was going to be a bad run made it even worse.

I’m not going to use the excuse of not feeling well this week, but when has the first run after being under the weather been good? Never.

I could dwell on today’s run, but I’m not. The only reason I’m writing about it is to have documentation of a bad run turned even worse by my own thoughts.

My Twitter pal Steena, now blogging at Finding my happy pace, asked me today, “Is it possible to will all runs good runs?”

I wish it was that easy, but I’m beginning to realize that it’s very easy to think your way into a bad run. When I think about the few bad runs I’ve had, it all starts with thoughts about how bad the run is going.

The best thing to do is get the hell over it and move on to the next run. And that’s what I’m ready to do.

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To follow up from yesterday’s post about my new commenting system, here is something you can do if you log in to your WordPress account for your name and website to show up. Head to intensedebate.com and click on “Log in Here” in the upper right hand corner. Then click “Log in with your WordPress account.”

After you log in, click on the “Profile” link on the left hand side of the page. From there you can change your display name to how you want it appear on comments. You can also put your website on this page. If you want to add additional information about yourself, such as a Twitter account, click on “Services.”

If you click on someone’s photos in the comments section, it will then show the website. If you click on a name, you can then find the other links they’ve added.

I may be missing a detail or two about this, but it’s a learning process. Thanks to everyone who has pointed a few things out to me. Please let me know if you have questions or problems! I am liking this system so far and like being able to respond to comments more directly.

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Go figure that after I write about lofty August goals that I suddenly felt miserable for a couple of days. After my post the other day, I felt kind of weird knowing that I was about to approach a week with less miles. Apparently I needed rest more than I realized.

After a good run to kick off the week Monday, it was like I immediately started feeling bad. I gradually got worse yesterday, but have gradually gotten better today after opting to take my first two-day rest break from running in this training cycle. It’s my first two-day break since mid-June.

The timing of this is pretty good since I was planning to cut back to about 25 miles this week. Of course I can still hit that with more miles in the second half of the week, and I have no urge to “catch up” if I fall behind. It’s a built in recovery week for a reason. If i happen to run fewer miles than I planned, it’s not a big deal. I’ll adjust however I need to. The body has never lied to me before.

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On a side note, I have changed my commenting system and am trying out Intense Debate. It’s as simple as before — if you leave a comment, your name and an email address (that is never displayed), you can then hit “Submit Comment” and it will show up as usual. If you have a website, you can leave that too and your name will be hyperlinked. None of that is different.

Intense Debate will allow you to comment using your Twitter, Facebook, WordPress, OpenID or Intense Debate accounts if you prefer to do that instead of the “guest” option above. All options will allow you to use CommentLuv, a feature I had before. If you have a website, enter it until the CommentLuv area and make sure the box is checked. Your last blog post will then have a hyperlink at the end of your comment.

If you have any issues with commenting, please let me know with a comment on my Contact page.