It's one week till Houston and I don't feel prepared. I have been so busy with travel and office work I barely got in any training at all (11 1/2 miles this week over 2 days). The weather has made it even more challenging with temperatures rarely above 30F. Even as I write this I can hear the "whine" factor. The truth is we make choices about how to spend our time; what we are committed to. This week I made a commitment to work over running. I will have to live with the consequences of that decision.
Maybe running winter marathons is just not a good fit for me. The days are short and the weeks are full of holidays, home improvement projects, football games, and reading. Perhaps winter should be the "downtime" where I give my body and mind permission to not worry about roadwork and catch up on the rest of my life.
That said, my next race after Houston is in March (before winter officially ends) so I will have to find a way to make it work this year and count it as a lesson learned for the future. I may try and get a few miles in today even though the forecast high is 29F and I still have a million things to get done around the house before going back to work on Monday.
The next 4 weeks represent a period of almost constant travel. Richmond, Baltimore, Houston, York, Brazil, Pittsburgh, and then it will be Valentines day and 4 weeks before the next marathon. Looking at it that way I better find a way to train. In all honesty this is pretty typical behavior for me. Over load and then manage. I have tried to reduce my workload and thus my stress level but somehow I find greater happiness in the anxious chaos than in the serene satisfaction of contemplative balance.
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