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November 22, 2004
Nervous
It's 11 weeks away from my next marathon, and I'm already anxious about it. Call me a mental case, but I am seriously worried for the unknown. I typically don't get too nervous before races because I do a decent job of convincing myself that I'm out there for the exhilaration and pure joy of running. But my training is different this time, which leaves a great deal of uncertainty. Not preferrable for a Type A, control freak like myself. I'm only running five days a week with what seems like a lot of easy days, and my hard efforts and long efforts are leaving me very sore most of the week. I know everything is going to work out, but I think I'm just being impatient because I want to see the fruits of this different training program I'm trying out. And there aren't really winter half marathons (that don't interfere with work) where I can gauge my level of fitness.
Anyhow, that fills my "freaking out" quota for the week. I'm going to try not to think about it too much because I need to focus on more important and near term things like my paper and where the heck am I going to run 20 miles this weekend in Virginia Beach? Around my mom's house it's all concrete, so unless I can dig up something good on the internet, I may just end up a gerbil on the treadmill for 3 or so hours. Anyone know how long the cross country course is and where exactly it begins/ends at Mount Trashmore?
I almost forgot. Today's run: 15 min warmup; 10 x 1 min on/1 min off; 15 min cool down. "On" at 7:30-7:35 to shake out my legs. My hard effort this week is going to be a Turkey day 5k.
Posted by Leilani at November 22, 2004 10:34 PM
Comments
Hey,
I can't really help with the weekend running route, but I just wanted to say I've been all worked up about Freescale this week too. I feel like I'm living a little bit in the unknown, waiting to find out the deal on my ankle. I also feel like my training was going good for a few months, and then I've slacked/been injured for almost a month now. Oh well, I'm trying not to dwell too much, so instead I spent part of the day today re-hashing my training plan to make it work for between now and February. Email me if you want to compare schedules or something! Good luck! Meghan
Posted by: Meghan at November 22, 2004 11:45 PM
Hey ... even though the stress is pretty normal, I hope it doesn't last too long. Usually I try to minimize stress by focusing on just getting things done. All I can do is all I can do, so I just try to stay focused on what I can do and not worry about the stuff I can't control.
Remember, too ... this is just a stepping-stone marathon for you!
Posted by: jenandmats at November 23, 2004 09:48 PM