November has been a little disappointing. I had completely lost my enthusiasm for running. Not that I had stopped running but it has become a chore again. :( I had worked it out were if I kept running until the end of the month I would have reached my 100 mile month goal but Saturday morning came and it was apparent that what I really needed after all the Thanksgiving hustle and bustle was some rest. Ironically that did not include sleep. I spent the hours when I would have been running looking for races for the coming year. I think I was trying to find a reason to keep running beyond March. There were no Black Friday race deals that were worth taking but I did finally make a decision on the 12k of Christmas and found a $10 off discount so I have that to look forward to at the end of the month. I also found out that the Blue Bell run is only $20 until the end of the year so I got in on that one for mid-April. I also signed up for the Houston Wellness Project free 5k on the last Saturday of December. I have told myself that I am going to run it all year and since this is my last chance, no time like the present. I also found that the half marathon I wanted to do in May moved to March so that leaves a hole in May, maybe I'll take May off. In the end November finished with 86.89 miles still pretty respectable, considering the eating holiday and all.
On to December...
Race week is upon me. BCS Half Marathon this coming Sunday. For some reason I am a bit unsettled this go round. I only skipped one long run. December 1st I was back on training per usual with 11 slow ass miles. I even managed 4 miles this morning, 1st slow, 2 w/speed intervals and 1 slow cool down. I feel ok but my mind game doesn't seem to be in it. I am planning on running it as a training run instead of as a race run, so maybe that'll calm my nerves some.I am not sure why I am nervous for this run. The weather is going to be horrible but I have run the past few race in either horrible rain or very cold (ok for Houston it was cols). It's not the distance, this will be my 5th half marathon for 2013. Every little pain feels weird. I woke up and my big toe ached. When I got back from my run this morning the top of my foot hurt. Something just has me quite unsettled but I am sure after the first mile or two I should ease in to some sort of calm. Next stop on this journey is the expo to pick up my packet.
3 races lefts for the year, BCS Half, 12k of Christmas and the Wellness project 5k.
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