Ok. This is getting ridiculous.
I need to run!!!
I was actually going to go today. I really was. But it hailed and snowed last night. So, after about a week of no snow (and just, oh, you know, massive flooding in the area), there's snow again. Dammit.
But I am really feeling hopeful because it's March, which just sounds ten thousand times better than February. And as I was reading Steel Springs' blog the other day, she wished everyone racing good luck. And I was like, "Huh. Remember when I used to race practically every weekend? What happened to that?!"
I mean, I know what happened, but still...
So I am gearing up towards running a 5K. I've had this in the works for a long time now, actually since before I gave birth. Make fun of me if you want! But towards the end of my pregnancy, I was seriously going, "Ok, I'll probably need to take six weeks off, so that's November-ish, so then December-January...I can probably race again in January or February!" Yeah, right. Even if I had the ability to train, even if the weather was great, even if I weren't tired out of my MIND ... etc.
So I keep stalling, and that's making me feel very bad. Not "bad about myself," like I should be doing more, but just ... not like myself, if that makes any sense. I need to be racing. It's a part of me that's missing.
Which brings me to this poll I referenced in the title: How should I go about this 5K? Should I diligently train and try to "race" it? Should I train a bit and then just try to run the whole thing? Or should I keep training to a minimum and then just try to finish it? Ha ha.
Vote please! (I guess I'll figure out how to put a poll up here somehow). And leave your thoughts in the comments. I'd love to hear what you think.
It's funny that you thought about this after looking at my blog, because I've really been missing racing, too. One of the main reasons that I started running was so that I could race. I loved racing when I was on the swim team and I always enjoyed the random road race or two that I'd enter each year. There's something about racing that is really fulfilling and, like you, I don't quite feel like myself without it.
ReplyDeleteAs far as your 5k goes, I'd probably train enough to be able to run the whole thing and then see what I could do on race day. It'll be fun to race and you can compare your first race "back" to your times going forward. My vote is to get back into it pretty soon so that you feel like yourself again. Good luck!