I sit here in the Wisconsin cold (high of 15 today) and my coach has challenged me to still do the marathon...maybe not in Nov, but next spring - Spring 2021 - I'll still be 50 and will be able to do a marathon that has a longer completion time than 5 hours... one with at least 6-7 hours.
So, my goal for THIS year is to do a sub-3 half marathon in Nov in Vegas.. that will give me a good idea of what the marathon will look like in the Spring.
She has seen others that have more serious injuries and scoliosis than I do and did a marathon - it was hard. It was painful. But THEY COMPLETED IT! I just have to train really hard, but take my time with it...not to rush the process.
Here's to marathon training - AGAIN, but just for a different time.
What goals do you have that maybe need to be pushed back, but still able to complete??
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Monday, December 2, 2019
Change of Plans....
So I'm sitting here on Dec. 2nd and this past week I have had to come to some really hard realizations. I had to realize that on the day I was to do the local 5 mile Turkey Trot, I was not able to do it... AT ALL! Why? MIGRAINE and my whole body in pain with arthritis from the freezing cold. :( .
If I'm not able to get out to train to do a 5 mile run...how am I going to be able to train for 26.2??
I had to make the really hard decision to NOT do the marathon that I've been dreaming about 5 years now. The realization that my body just WILL NOT cooperate with the intense training that will it will entail. The migraines come and go and the intensity is becoming more and more intense. THIS is NOT helpful for any type of training.
SOOOOOO... the new goal is to just be the healthiest version of myself and be at my goal weight by my 50th birthday - August 18th, 2020.
Needless to say that I'm heartbroken about a dream being "shattered", but out of that comes growth and awareness of what my body can and cannot do.
Now it's just on to NEW dreams... having the best PR time for the 1/2 marathon...I KNOW I can do that, as I've done it 2x before...
So...
HERE WE GO... OUT WITH A BROKEN DREAM, IN WITH A NEW DREAMS
If I'm not able to get out to train to do a 5 mile run...how am I going to be able to train for 26.2??
I had to make the really hard decision to NOT do the marathon that I've been dreaming about 5 years now. The realization that my body just WILL NOT cooperate with the intense training that will it will entail. The migraines come and go and the intensity is becoming more and more intense. THIS is NOT helpful for any type of training.
SOOOOOO... the new goal is to just be the healthiest version of myself and be at my goal weight by my 50th birthday - August 18th, 2020.
Needless to say that I'm heartbroken about a dream being "shattered", but out of that comes growth and awareness of what my body can and cannot do.
Now it's just on to NEW dreams... having the best PR time for the 1/2 marathon...I KNOW I can do that, as I've done it 2x before...
So...
HERE WE GO... OUT WITH A BROKEN DREAM, IN WITH A NEW DREAMS
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