5 miles
60 minutes
"slogging" during this half marathon taper
Power Hour Class at Marshall Rec Center
60 minutes
cardio / toning
OK, I'm getting really worked up about the Girlfriends Half Marathon set for Sunday morning. Instead of chatting about last night's workouts, I want to vent.
Breathe. In. Out. Calm down.
I have no idea what my problem is. I typically use the hours spent running each week as my own little therapy session. Since I'm tapering, I don't really ever get a long enough distance to "Dr. Heather" myself. I normally don't think about a race until the day before. With just coming off of a pretty horrible shin splint episode....then taking a week off running for a "female procedure", I'm beyond behind on training. I never got past the 10 mile mark for this training period, and those I have done have been less than stellar. Its been a couple of months since I tackled 13+ miles.
Breathe. In. Out. Calm down.
I did, however, make a new PR for myself during this time. With a 9:07 pace, I blew away my old record. That means something, right? Something good. Not something evil.
Breathe. In. Out. Calm down.
What's the worse thing that could happen? I end up in the medic tent like last October's half marathon? That was an epic fail. It won't happen. I'm much more prepared for this climate vs. last year. Maybe I won't set a new record for myself. Who cares? I already hit a new record at the 13.1 distance for the year (June's Vancouver USA Half Marathon). My goal is to finish as strong as possible. I can do this. I will do this. Clad in pink as run my ass off. It will be fabulous. Sigh of relief for getting this off my chest.
Phew. Thanks for listening!
You know you can do it. It doesn't have to be perfect and not every race will be your fastest. The point is that even with all the setbacks, you still haven't lost the desire to run.
ReplyDeleteFunny, we are wearing pink in our half Sunday too.
I'm totally dragging you along on our next long run -- you haven't lived until you've gone 15, 16, 18+ miles!!! ;)
ReplyDeleteoooooo, please do! I would loooove to hit a new milestone with distance! I did several 15 milers during the summer, but that's as far as I've ever done.
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