Where is "The Zone"? (Loss)

This morning was a tough run.  But, I don't know why...

I went to bed at 20:30 last night and fell asleep right away.  Then I was up only a few minutes before my alarm sounded this morning.  I got very close to a full eight hours of sleep.  I checked my email and Facebook and the weather before getting up from bed. I ate my cheese stick and had a few sips of Vitamin Water before getting dressed like I always do.  But somehow by this time it was already 05:00 and I was just putting my running clothes on.  I have been trying to make it out the door by this time so that I won't need sunglasses and I will have more time to get things done before going to work.  Now that I am back on contract I have to get to work on time and not take a morning nap for two hours after my run.

Once I was out on the road I turned on Endomondo and Pandora on my phone. Last night I downloaded 10k Trainer to my phone which is the next step after the C25K app.  I decided to use this today and it would help me push through to fewer walking breaks on my run.  I turned this on last.  I set out walking and walking and walking... wait--shouldn't my 10k Trainer app have told me it was time to start running by now?  Usually I am running by this point on the road.  I checked my phone and BLURG! (thanks Liz Lemon) the app restarted and wasn't timing anything. So I walked to the next streetlight and then starting running.

Yeah, that didn't work out well either, by the time I reached the corner I was pooped.  I pushed on a little further and then just walked.  I tried a few more times to run, but it just wasn't happening this morning.  I walked the rest of the way and went the full distance. I did not take the shortcut home, but I didn't go an extra lap around my complex which would have surely put me over 3.0 miles. 

But, this is kind of how my whole morning went. I forgot to wash my hair in the shower this morning, didn't make coffee last night so I had to make it after I got home from my "run" walk. Then, when I left for work I forgot my phone at home. I realized this only about 4 miles away from home, and then proceeded to check if I had my FitBit. Check--I had my FitBit, so I decided it wasn't worth going home to get my phone. 

Tomorrow is a rest day for running, but I might try to go out for a short run and try to set the tone for my long run on Saturday. Maybe I'll try a new route just to change things up a little bit.