Katie Little
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- Dec 18, 2017
Thank you so much!!!! Me too! It was easily the highlight of my entire day!!Great race!! Loved your recap and very happy your lost pom pom was returned!
Thank you so much!!!! Me too! It was easily the highlight of my entire day!!Great race!! Loved your recap and very happy your lost pom pom was returned!
Sounds like you're getting stronger and more confident. Keep up the great work.
Sometimes missing one run cascades into many more. It becomes easier to accept the stupid excuses your brain makes up as to why you shouldn't run today. Now there can be very good reasons to not run on a given day, but it's very important to learn the good reasons to not run from the stupid excuses.Idk what to feel about this run but I’m glad I went out there and did it. I’ve been on a vicious cycle lately where I miss one run and then don’t run for the rest of the week. So I feel like that ended today!
I think it's normal to feel burnout as race day comes closer. The miles go up and so does the time commitment. Will you regret it? I don't know, but here's what happened to me.Current fears:
If I try to run this half marathon while I’m this burnt out, will that taint my overall view of the distance and make me hesitate to do another or to go further?
If I don’t try, will that make me scared to try again in the future? Will I always carry a
mental block of “I tried that one time and I just couldn’t do it.”
“If I try??” “If I don’t try???” Where did that come from?! Am I considering not showing up to this race?! I hadn’t thought of it until I started typing but it sure seems like that’s what’s floating around in my head.
I agree wholeheartedly that you owe it to yourself to try. Let the race come to you and learn from what it teaches you on that day. Sometimes race day teaches you areas where you need to improve for bigger goals in the future, whatever those goals may be. The race is the culmination of all the hard work and sacrifice you've put in. The victory has already come in the effort to improve yourself. So go out there and enjoy it, come what may.Don't put too much pressure on yourself. It's merely another victory lap. Whether it goes well or goes poorly, it's simply another step. But I think you owe it to yourself to at least try. You've done the hard part - training. It's why I call the race the "victory lap". It's the celebration that comes at the end of training.
Richmond Half Marathon Plan
I cannot believe this race is tomorrow, but anyway here goes. The plan is to set my intervals, run for a minute and walk for 30 seconds. My pace should be around 15:30. It’s a pretty flat race, so I’d like to run it as even as possible. I also know how I want to feel @each mile.
Miles 1-3- I want to be so laid-back that I’m worried about the time limit.
Miles 4-6- I wanna feel like I’ve set cruise control. I want to check out and I want to really enjoy the atmosphere.
Miles 7-9- still on a cruise control, I want to be a little more focused on what’s going on. I’ll tune into my pace a little more at this point and start to adjust accordingly.
Mile 10-11- really focusing on pace. The end is near!
Miles 12-13.1-I want the last 2 miles to hurt. This is where I empty the tank. I want to cross the finish line with a smile my face, and mostly in an upright position.
My A goal is to finish!! So I don’t really have b and c goals, but I do have a couple other goals that will neither make or break my happiness at the finish line. I’d like to run this pretty evenly. Have each mile be within 30 seconds of the last. I’d also like to finish right at 3:30:00.
Well that’s my plan! Thoughts?? Wish me luck!!!!