We had a SUPER FANTASTIC time ringing in the New Year with the most committed of Athletes!
Because you needed to be either bat crap crazy or COMMITTED to “something” in order to get out. It was cold. 25 to be exact. While there was no wind, it was cold. And yeah-yeah I know, that’s nothing compared to…say -15 at Estes or whatever. I guess I’m must kind of whimpy. 🙂
The goal was to get to sub 2 this time. Been listening to my coach, Jeff at PRSFIT. Been committed to the training.
Let me throw in that we are currently moving, so finding all the gear and what not was it’s own challenge.
We had a good excuse not to race. Heck. We had to get up early and drive to Wichita to get it done. Now that’s DEDICATION. 😉
I got to thinking though! Racing makes me feel strong. Finishing up a “round of training” with a race and getting a PR feels
FORKIN’ AWESOME (just saying)
So we went. We were prepared instead of flying by the seat of our pants, what we usually do. Had all the clothes set out…blah blah blah. We even peed before race start. I got all my business done before. You all know what I’m talking about.
GoRun did a nice job laying out the race. Was great to see everyone. It was snowing and a bit icy on the roads. So that made it challenging. Couldn’t really get into a nice rhythm to sink into.
I battled with my goals and how I was feeling, and mostly won, for 10 miles. Then my right foot started screaming (time for new shoes). I generally started to belly ache, whine and bitch. Karla tried to pull me along. I probably had a touch of bad attitude but mostly I was spent. done. tank empty.
So my pace dropped big time at the end. I was done. Like a cooked turkey.
Truth Time: I’ll tell you all something:
I’m not all that great at cutting myself slack when the goal that I had sent out turns out to be unobtainable.
There’s a fine line between being too hard on yourself and not pushing yourself enough. Most days I’d like to think I land on the healthy side it. Today, had to get a good dose of reality check from Karla and my coach.
A PR is a PR!
Hope you had an AWESOME Day 1 of 2015!
