Bye Bye 3 mile runs

Today is my last 3 miler until just before Grandma's when I start ramping down the mileage to get ready for the big day. Starting next week, the easy run will go up to 4 miles. I'm actually pretty happy about this. As backwards as it may seem, I have more trouble getting motivated to go out and do the short runs than I do the long runs. I'm sure most people would look at their schedule and be like "YAY!! Only 3 miles today!!" Not me. It takes about 25-30 minutes to do, which isn't that long. It's so easy to put off and forget about. It doesn't help that when I tell my husband I'm just going out for a short 3, he jokes that I could do it backwards in my sleep. I liken it to when your boss gives you a job at work. The 3 mile run is a quick easy task that most people in your office could do. It needs to be done, you can easily have it done in half an hour, but you have other things to do during the day, so it's easy to just put it off. The long runs are like a huge project that will take most of your morning or afternoon. While they might seem daunting, getting that project done will show up on your review that's coming up in a few months that will help get that promotion or raise you've been eyeing for awhile. You're more likely to put the rest of your daily tasks aside to get that bigger project out of the way and rework your schedule to make sure you budget the time in that you need to do it. But that little 3 mile run, it gets buried on your desk until it's almost time to go home and you still haven't gotten around to doing it. Instead you're blogging about how much you really don't want to do while you could be getting it done and out of the way instead.