Picture This
Greetings! People have asked, and I have answered. Here is a picture of me at the Shamrock Shuffle. Not one of my more beautiful pictures, but I look happy about to run 5 miles! :-)
The week is going well training wise. Yesterday I hopped on the treadmill and ran 2 miles. Today I will ride the bike. My schedule is not making my long run look good this week. My goal is to run 18 miles on the long run. We'll see what happens.
The Sunburst Marathon is less than 2 months away. I'm actually getting a bit nervous.
Still feeling good about the Shamrock Shuffle. I liked the pace, and think it would serve me well in the marathon.
:-)Charlie
posted by Javarunner1962 @ 7:46 AM
1 Comments:
Hey! I recognize that picture!
You are now at the really hard part of training.
It's getting really grueling.
The mileposts ahead (18 miles, 20 miles) are serious no-s**t training.
They are, in their own special way, absurd goals. What sane person runs 18 or 20 miles?
They eat up a huge chunk of one day doing them and the next day or two recovering from doing them.
If anything gets thrown off in the schedule leading up to the long run, it can really throw off the long run and throw off your whole training schedule.
I remember all of that from my own marathon 2 years ago and I was walking it.
It's easy to get discouraged. It's easy to get depressed. Your body is taking a beating. Your weaknesses as a runner (and every runner has them) are really coming into play at these distances.
And a deadline is looming. That puts on more pressure.
Now is the time that you have to dig down and find your inner...SuperQueen? Is s/he still around?
You have to dig down and find either your intial motivation or a whole new motivation.
You also have to ask for help, support, and encouragement. It's OK (and maybe even vital) to go to all of your friends and say "help!". Ask for encouragement. Ask for a shoulder to cry on. Ask for a foot rub (often and emphatically).
You're doing this for a very good reason. It will change you and you are wide open to that change. You will be stronger, better, maybe even taller (!) for doing this.
You will definitely be somebody we all look up to and speak of admiringly. You may even inspire one of us to do something equally bold/foolish/tough.
Keep running. I'm rooting for you.
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