The good news...the boys are in school! My littlest one just started kindergarten. Too cool! The bad news....It has been a tough couple of months. A lot going on in our families and life. Training has been going well overall, but it has been hard to fit into life. I was supposed to run a key 10K tune-up this weekend. Literally 2 minutes before I left, my husband and I realized our kids' soccer games, which were thankfully at the same time, were in 2 entirely different locations. No go. Despite perfect weather and a seemingly ready racer. :( Admittedly, it caused something of a rare breakdown on my part. Instead of logging my 10K with 5 miles w/u, c/d, I logged 7 total at a ridiculously slow pace. I couldn't do more as I had to lodge it in b/w the soccer game (which was actually very fun) and my cousin's wedding (which was a complete blast).
We had a rehearsal dinner Friday night and the wedding was Saturday. All in all, the wedding and reception were WAY fun, but not conducive to a decent long run. My 17 was cut short to 12 due to a very sore hip (think 2+ hours dancing in heels. 5 hours of sleep and a Phelps-worthy caloric intake of alcoholic beverages!!). So I ended up with 41.something miles this week instead of my scheduled 50. I am at a peak point of my training, but not quite getting there. Life, for a variety of reasons, has been extremely hectic. And it doesn't look like things will calm down soon. I have no problem slacking my way through a local race, but I'm not sure I can spend an entire weekend, 8+ hours of driving each way, etc. for a race I cannot hit my training for.
I am bummed. And unsure.
We'll see...I have my health (albeit a damn sore hip, great kids, an awesome husband and a good job). I can thrive even without a fall marathon.
We had a rehearsal dinner Friday night and the wedding was Saturday. All in all, the wedding and reception were WAY fun, but not conducive to a decent long run. My 17 was cut short to 12 due to a very sore hip (think 2+ hours dancing in heels. 5 hours of sleep and a Phelps-worthy caloric intake of alcoholic beverages!!). So I ended up with 41.something miles this week instead of my scheduled 50. I am at a peak point of my training, but not quite getting there. Life, for a variety of reasons, has been extremely hectic. And it doesn't look like things will calm down soon. I have no problem slacking my way through a local race, but I'm not sure I can spend an entire weekend, 8+ hours of driving each way, etc. for a race I cannot hit my training for.
I am bummed. And unsure.
We'll see...I have my health (albeit a damn sore hip, great kids, an awesome husband and a good job). I can thrive even without a fall marathon.
3 comments:
I predict that you will have your cake and eat it too.... all the good stuff you already mentioned, PLUS a stellar fall marathon!
I tried to think of some good advice, but this is the best I came up with: Do what makes you happy.
There is an article in the Running World Oct issue that just came out about this very thing - life getting in the way of training at the peak time. Give it a read!
I have the same exact thing going on. Pure chaos in life right now and its definitely affecting the training.
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