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March 15, 2005
Staving Off Post-Race Letdown
Going into this race I made one of the big mistakes...I did not have something else picked out to follow it up with. Unless it is the end of the season, I like to have another race picked out in the future. I think that there are a few reasons that I do that. One of the reasons is that if the first race did not go well, there is something else to redeem myself with. Another reason is that after a big race there is a bit of a letdown. Kind of a, well that's done, what now? kind of feeling. Right now I don't have another race picked out. There is a half-marathon about 2 hours away that is new on April 17 that some people are trying to get me to run. It will be pancake flat, but there is not likely to be much competition. The other problem with that race is that it is only two weeks before the Broad Street Run, one of the races I have picked out to key in on this year. J and I were going to look at some of the race calendars either late this week or early next week to try to find some races for me to run. I have my sights set on a 10K PR and a 10 mile PR (which I plan to attack at BSR).
I would like to thank everyone for their encouraging comments on the race. I think that 10 miles/half-marathon are my best distances at this point in time. I know that place is always relative, when you run in a super-competitive field, last place is still awesome. It is nice to hear that people believe my goal time is achievable. This weekend was not the time to even think about shooting for it, possibly this fall.
Today I basically felt tired. I was almost falling asleep at 2:00 at work. I came home and napped for almost an hour and still felt sleepy afterward. I ran a very easy 7 miles without my watch. The only thing I can do if I push myself this week is get hurt. The blister under my right foot seemed to be infected this morning, but it didn't have any puss oozing from it after work. Maybe walking around all day got all the gunk out. I also rode the bike for 45 minutes at the gym today. The rest of the week will probably be similar to today.
On an unrelated note, my mom goes for chemo again today. I went to bed too early last night to know how much of a hard time she was having yesterday. She is really struggling with the fact that she feels so good now to know that she is going to feel like shit later on this week. Since I don't go out on Friday nights, I think that I may get some cheesy DVDs for us to watch to try to cheer her up.
Posted by Blondie at March 15, 2005 07:55 PM