I signed up for a 5k on April 17. Not at all my preferred distance, but a way to get my feet wet and visit a town in my state that I have never been to. I feel like there is no pressure, since I am doing it only for those reasons. My first half will be June 5, one I have run before. We'll see if my devil-may-care attitude continues....
I have been training all along but I have "lost my mojo" for sure. I have been trying different routes and trying not to put pressure on myself. My first race is May 1st and it is a trail series. I haven't been on a trail snice last August. I am going to start trail training next week and just plan to make it around the route and not worry about times or pace. Enjoy that which is Spring in Wisconsin and just try to finish the training route no matter the outcome. Everyone stay strong!
I love that approach, Nelda. Just go out there and enjoy yourself, especially being in a beautiful place. Can't wait to hear how it goes -- which race is it?
It's the Mammoth Endurance Kettle Moraine series. I did it last year and enjoyed so going for it again and they have added 2 more races in the series to go through October!
Blessed with a treadmill and a seemingly unlimited supply of motivating trail ultra marathon videos on YouTube, I think I'm ready for my favorite race...8 weeks of running technical trails up hill at our local ski area. Spent all winter doing hill climbs and hill runs while watching those videos, so my biggest concern is whether the race will be canceled again this year. I'm so "ready" to race that I'm compulsively checking the race website multiple times a day. Is there a pill I can take for that?!? LoL!!
My problem is the inconsistency in my training build up and whether I’m ready or not. I have gotten in two small races so far the past couple of months (12k and half) but next week is a trail 25k. Each race build up I either rolled an ankle, got home bound because of the winter snow and more recently an IT Band Syndrome issue. I’m staying active but the miles drop considerably during the recovery process and I begin to worry and doubt about my fitness level.
I hear you, Rich, and I imagine training has been inconsistent for most of us these past few months. Right now, I'm nursing a (slightly) hurt ankle, so I'm going easy on my running too. Maybe just do what you can at the 25K, and enjoy the miles you can run -- I've walked at races in the past when I wasn't ready. (I don't like doing that, but sometimes you just gotta.)
The weekend of March 27th was a big one for me too. I got married. I love how others' racing epiphanies apply to so many other aspects of my life. Thank you for bringing us together, Terrell.
I signed up for a 5k on April 17. Not at all my preferred distance, but a way to get my feet wet and visit a town in my state that I have never been to. I feel like there is no pressure, since I am doing it only for those reasons. My first half will be June 5, one I have run before. We'll see if my devil-may-care attitude continues....
I have been training all along but I have "lost my mojo" for sure. I have been trying different routes and trying not to put pressure on myself. My first race is May 1st and it is a trail series. I haven't been on a trail snice last August. I am going to start trail training next week and just plan to make it around the route and not worry about times or pace. Enjoy that which is Spring in Wisconsin and just try to finish the training route no matter the outcome. Everyone stay strong!
I love that approach, Nelda. Just go out there and enjoy yourself, especially being in a beautiful place. Can't wait to hear how it goes -- which race is it?
It's the Mammoth Endurance Kettle Moraine series. I did it last year and enjoyed so going for it again and they have added 2 more races in the series to go through October!
Blessed with a treadmill and a seemingly unlimited supply of motivating trail ultra marathon videos on YouTube, I think I'm ready for my favorite race...8 weeks of running technical trails up hill at our local ski area. Spent all winter doing hill climbs and hill runs while watching those videos, so my biggest concern is whether the race will be canceled again this year. I'm so "ready" to race that I'm compulsively checking the race website multiple times a day. Is there a pill I can take for that?!? LoL!!
My problem is the inconsistency in my training build up and whether I’m ready or not. I have gotten in two small races so far the past couple of months (12k and half) but next week is a trail 25k. Each race build up I either rolled an ankle, got home bound because of the winter snow and more recently an IT Band Syndrome issue. I’m staying active but the miles drop considerably during the recovery process and I begin to worry and doubt about my fitness level.
Man, this running stuff is complicated.
I hear you, Rich, and I imagine training has been inconsistent for most of us these past few months. Right now, I'm nursing a (slightly) hurt ankle, so I'm going easy on my running too. Maybe just do what you can at the 25K, and enjoy the miles you can run -- I've walked at races in the past when I wasn't ready. (I don't like doing that, but sometimes you just gotta.)
The weekend of March 27th was a big one for me too. I got married. I love how others' racing epiphanies apply to so many other aspects of my life. Thank you for bringing us together, Terrell.