A marathon too far?
Today is my 37th Birthday - not that I'm feeling totally ecstatic today.
Went running last night or that's what I went out intending to do. Unfortunately it went badly wrong. Ran for 1.8 miles gave up and had a long cold walk back home. Something has been gnawing at me for the past 4 weeks and that is the thought of Lochaber and my poor form is putting pressure on me. I certainly don't have the bounce and energy I had this time last year. I don't think I've got the mental or physical stamina to train for this marathon.
I've covered almost all of my miles in the past year on my own. I want to run with someone, to run whatever distance takes my fancy on the day and at whatever pace. I don't want to think "Oh God I've got to do a 16 miler at the weekend" I want to go out and say "I'm out for a run anything between 20minutes to 2hrs"
The long and the short of it is I'm going to pull out of Lochaber.
I want to enjoy running.
posted by RobW at 12:10 pm
4 Comments:
Bloody fantastic!
You've hit the nail on the head!
We're supposed to enjoy it!
Good call!
2:34 pm
PS HAPPY BURPDAY!
2:35 pm
Good call Robert
(to plagarise Pix!)
And by taking the pressure off yourself.....
just run because you want to - without the constraints of a program or a particular goal
[apart from out 10K thingy of course ;o) ]
and regain that bounce and smile
Without it - running is a chore - and that is just wrong
Hiccy Burpy 2 you
:o)
6:48 pm
Happy Birthday
xx
and a sensible decision {{}}
9:05 pm
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