Me Again....

It's been a while since I've posted - like over a month now. A lot has happened since then. I don't even know where to begin...

About 3 1/2 weeks ago I woke up and DID NOT WANT TO RUN! We all have our days. But this lasted for 3 weeks. I hit such a down spot. We had hot weather and I was on vacation. I wasn't eating well. I felt run down and depressed. I spoke to a good friend about it. She told me the same thing happened to her a few years ago. Burnout. I couldn't bring myself to run. It was almost like a complete mental block.

So last week I decided to call off my plans for a fall marathon. I decided instead to run a Half marathon this fall.

But that wasn't resting so well in my mind. I run marathons, and I had a goal for this year, and I just couldn't bring myself to NOT do a full marathon. I knew if I got to the end of the year without running a marathon, I'd regret it. So I went out last week twice - forced myself to lace up my sneakers, grabbed my iPod and did 5 miles each time... it felt great! And I asked myself WHY have I not run in 3 weeks? Maybe I just needed to push myself harder.

I'm not ready for the Wineglass Marathon in October, my original plan. I can't take 3 weeks out of training and expect to be ready.

I went online last night to look for later marathons, thinking I'd have to fly somewhere to run a marathon in December or January! Turns out there's a marathon in Delaware, just 10 miles or so from our summer house in Bethany Beach - the Rehoboth Beach Marathon on December 11. I have 16 weeks to train. In essence, I'll have to start over in my training. Training starts next week. My daughter starts kindergarten the following week and I had been wondering how I was going to spend my afternoons without her (my son is starting first grade all day long). This is the first time in 6 1/2 years I'll have daily time to myself. I'm excited to start training again, having a purpose, and focused time to do what I love so much....