I found it
hard to go for my run this morning. Getting
out of bed wasn’t hard as I thought my phone was actually ringing & didn’t realize
it was just the alarm when I bolted out of bed to where it was charging in the
kitchen. Got my gear on & sat on the
couch as I usually do to lace up my runners. After lacing them, I just flopped back onto
the couch feeling like I couldn’t be bothered.
I gave my trainer a brief thought – what would he say? “Get off your arse” was the resounding answer
in my head. I got up & ran, actually
doing the best splits for the last 3km than I’d done in forever. I realized while I was running that I
probably need something new to train for.
What had gotten me up every week morning for the past 3 ½ months was
done (the trek).
I know I
want to do the 10km in Warrnambool again in January, but that’s too far away to
be training for now. I know I’d like to
do the 12km Maribyrnong run that I missed last October, but again a little far
away. I started looking at closer events
& found a 10km “Run Melbourne”. Big
event. In 8 weeks. Since then I’ve been having a minor melt down
in my head. Can I train for it in
time? It’s too hard to train for longer
distances in winter; it’s too hard to get the longer runs done when there is
not enough daylight; it’s pointless doing them on the treadmill. What if I can’t run faster than I did in
January?
I feel very
anxious!!! I need someone to give me a
pep talk. Not sure if I’ll talk to my trainer or not tonight. He’ll probably
just laugh at me. Or Not.
2 comments:
I don't know if this will help, but if you can fit in some long runs then I'd say add some short sprint runs, like 400 meter intervals, which don't take nearly so long to complete, and this will help you still get your workouts, but not require as much time out on the road, in the cold and dark.
Hey Mr Buttocks!!! I'm planning on doing a longer run on Saturdays or Sundays. I am so not fond of doing sprints/intervals/fartleks etc :0( but I'm going to schedule a tready session for these & probably a tready hill session each week & drop 2 of my morning runs.........
Thank you for the pep talk!!!!!
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