As I looked across the lake, I realized my feet were moving slower, and I was no longer positive making a pre-race trip to the course was even a good idea. It was a beautiful day, sunny and not too hot, so a nice run around the lake seemed like a perfect addition to my Sunday afternoon. That is until I got there and looked at the lake, and realized I'm just not ready.
It made for a beautiful, calming walk around the lake, but I wasn't able to run more than a quarter -- is saying even a quarter of the course being too generous? It made me both sad and scared. The real race, the big 5K, my first finish line in years is only 2 weeks away and I can't run even a quarter of the distance. It's no one's fault but my own, which really makes it worse, because if I had stuck to the program, if I had not been lazy, I would easily be looking forward to race day, and now instead I'm fearful.
Do I start training over? Do I push back my goal of running the 5K, instead running only parts of it on July 8th? Or do I attempt with everything I have to shuffle through the whole 3.1 miles that day?
What would you do?
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