Upcoming Racing Goals and Thoughts Post-Half Marathon
Hey guys and happy Friday! I hope you all are having an awesome day and are enjoying a great start to a long weekend. I am SO incredibly excited about having a three day weekend. Like straight up crazy excited. The past month of Landon’s job switch has been crazy and we’ve only worsened matters by staying incredibly busy on the weekends/evenings. Tonight, we are doing nothing the rest of the weekend is looking pretty slow and relaxing too. I am hoping for a good run, some good food, and unplugging a bit during the weekend.
I wanted to share with you a peek into what I am planning next, post-half marathon and what my goals are for the rest of the year. And because I talk things out better than I think, I will just pretend I am talking with you guys over a cup of coffee, sound good?
Sounds so good.
Okay, back to real life.
You ever have those post-race blues? I am having a weird mixture of post-race crazy PR endorphins and a little post-race blues too. I am so amazingly excited about hitting a PR and having an awesome race, but I am sad the experience is over. I kept telling myself that around mile 12 when I wanted to die, haha. It was such a sweet, beautiful and crazy hard race that I am feeling sad that it is all over with, while hungry for more. But right now, I am trying to figure out what more means. I am debating on either focusing on the half marathon this year and going for a sub 1:44 late this summer or signing up for a full and focusing on running a faster, better marathon than last marathon.
At this point in the conversation, if we were talking over coffee, I would ask you for your opinion, so feel free to give me some in the comments. Part of me, REALLY loves the half marathon, I love that it is long enough to be challenging (okay, let’s be honest ANY distance is challenging) but I love the race distance. It can leave you trashed if you race it hard, but it doesn’t totally crush you like the marathon. BUT, I love the marathon and feel like I have so much more to learn about that distance and so much more potential with the marathon. So, I am leaning towards starting a new training cycle and really training for a great marathon this fall. I have already run 4 half marathons and would love to balance it out with another (would be my second) marathon. I know that marathons take time to learn and I feel like I have so much to learn about the marathon and that brings me back for more.
I found a couple local-ish marathons in the fall that I am looking at and thinking about signing up for. I also have a 10k that I am signed up for and I am excited to race that distance! I haven’t done a 10k race since 2013 (? crazy!) and I would LOVE to PR that race, which would be anything under 46 minutes for me. (Photo from my marathon last fall!)
Basically, I am trying to sort out all my goals and what really lights me up. I know if I am doing hard training for any race, I want to be super excited about it and right now, I am trying to figure out which distance that is for me right now. The next couple weeks, I am going to recover really well from this half marathon, work on a few hot spots (not necessarily injures, but some flare ups) and make sure that I can start any training cycle with a fresh, strong body!
Either way, I am so excited for this summer training cycle! Who is with me?
Questions of the Day
- What are you training for this summer?
- How often do you race?
- What are you weekend plans!?!?