I haven't exercised in a month, so why does it feel more like a year?

I haven't exercised in a month, so why does it feel more like a year?  I worked out Monday and I went back a couple weeks in my workout training schedule and I reduced my run walk ratio. Monday about 1/3 of the way through my workout I felt really good.  I started thinking maybe I should have just picked up right where I left off. However, by the end of my workout I was dying. Tuesday my calfs hurt all day.  I was complaining Tuesday evening and my 14 year old offered to let me use his foam roller, aka torture device.  Now I have seen my boys use this and I have seen the look of agony on their face as they do it. This does not look like something that I want to do, so I politely declined.  Todays run was torture, my calfs burned and hurt the whole time. I was regretting not use the foam roller. I have committed to use it before my long run on Saturday.  My question is how could I regress so much in only a month?

Time to Recommit

I ran a couple of times when I was in Utah in April.  Utah is my favorite place to run, it is so beautiful!  But half way through my trip I hurt my foot (not running) and I could 't run for a couple of weeks.  Those weeks have turned into a month.  I think I have run like twice since I have been home. I like running when I am done, not so much before or during.  When I saw this picture and I could totally relate. I have had a million excuses, I don't have time, I have sick kids, to many grasshoppers (seriously there are hundreds just in my front yard), I got up to late,etc.  Yesterday I was feeling really guilty and to top it off a friend posted on Facebook (fb) that she just finished a half marathon, then several hours later another friend posted he just finished his first marathon. At this point I thought really I can't find time to run 30 minutes.  So next week I am committed to get three runs in. I do need to run early because the later it gets the more grasshoppers there tends to be ( yes I get a little freaked out).


I had my iphone set to some weird photo setting when I took these pictures and it dulled all the colors.  I thought I would post anyway. I took these while running.