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Friday, October 21, 2011

Decisions

So... during miles 13-19 of the Chicago Marathon, I pretty much swore off marathon running. I mean, I think we've all done that in a race where we're struggling. But the thing is... I haven't really gotten the drive back yet, either.

I realize that it was just a bad day and that it's cool... I had no expectations so I wasn't upset or anything with my time. But... I guess I had just forgotten how awful running can actually be sometimes... ya know?

Anyway, I've got the Monkey Marathon coming up in November that I am VERY excited about. Just because it's so small and local. But, I think I've decided to NOT sign up for the 50 miler in December.

Experiencing a terrible race for almost 6 hours was enough to make me question my ability to handle 14 hours in December with multiple creek crossings to run a 50 mile trail race... I just don't think I'm mentally tough enough for that just yet.

2 comments:

Carina said...

What about focusing on speed for the first half of 2012? You seem to like track work, and I bet you can drop your 5k pr by several minutes. And serious 5k training as I understand it pretty much says you shouldn't ever run over about 6 miles at a time. It would give you a break, but keep you on your feet, add some focus and some fun. I usually do speed work all spring, looking for a 5k pr in April or May, and then move back to distance for a fall marathon (or 3).

LAPT said...

Ok, Nov 20th is your next marathon. Hot.

I have no races set after my half on Nov 13th. (Well, and a 5k in December, which doesn't count.) What do you have in mind?!? I like colder weather races...my half PR was in early March.