can I tell you the truth? I feel like my post about Bayshore glossed over sooo much about that race that I wanted to tell you. It’s hard to put it all in writing. For one, I didn’t write a whole heck of a lot about my training. That’s my bad.
Since we’re speaking truthfully here, I’m a subscriber to the believe ‘don’t talk about it- be about it’. I don’t like to tell people what I’m working towards or on, until I’ve achieved it. Sometimes its for reasons that resemble superstition (my runner friends know I don’t like to post pictures at a race online until after) but also, I don’t like to what I consider to be ‘jinx’ myself.
Why do I feel that way and have a blog about fitness & running goals? Because I like to be a living oxymoron. I kid.
at shamrock 10k. PR’ing with a smile
being a type a personality, I have a big desire to succeed and achieve goals I set, but like most everyone, I struggle with failure. It’s not that I hate having to write on here if I miss a goal or don’t PR, but more that I don’t like to talk about what I’m doing and then not do it. If that makes sense?
Training for a marathon teaches you so much about yourself, not only as a runner, but as a person. When I first started training, I was terrified but I just took it one run at a time. Slowly, I felt my confidence increase. Especially as I got a 5k PR in January, a 10k PR in March, and half marathon PR (by almost 17 minutes!) in April.
After that half marathon in April, the side of my knee started to bug me after one mile of my weekly runs. It was so annoying that I could only run 3-4 miles and then have to stop. I took a few days off, including my last long run (a scheduled 20 miler). I felt so guilty missing that run. I felt like I was letting not only myself, but my group down too. They were totally supportive and understanding, but that missing that last run really hurt my psyche. I ended up seeing an orthopedic just to ensure nothing was majorly wrong with my knee, but he affirmed my google diagnosis- IT band. I started foam rolling and went to my first PT session (ouch!), and slowly was able to ease back into running, but my mileage was much decreased. The saving grace was that it was taper time, so the decrease wasn’t that significant in regards to my training schedule.
Taper is a time where you really start to second guess your training and ability, even without coping with an injury. I definitely struggled with this, fearing my knee wouldn’t be able to hold out 26.2 miles. The most I ran since the NWM half was 9 miles. There was no way I wasn’t showing up to the starting line of Bayshore… but could I finish? I just wasn’t so sure.
ready or not…here we come!
pure adrenaline got me through the first 10 miles. that and high fiving fire chief’s along the way
I even fell just after the first 1.5 mile. I was trying not to litter, so I ran off to the side to throw my cup of water in a garbage bag. DUMB. my foot caught a pothole and I went down, movie style. Luckily my friend Dee yanked me up for fear of me getting trampled. love you girl. I didn’t feel anything…. even though I had a scratched knee/hand that I’d find many hours later.
see? adrenaline
I’m not going to recap the whole race, but we all know the end- I finished! Was my time what I wanted? No…. I had much bigger goals but due to my pesky knee, I had to reform them. Does that mean I”m giving up?
HELL NO.
I’m kicking my fear of failure to the curb. Mark my words marathon races…. I will be back. And I will put a hurting on my first time, just like I did with my other 3 distance PR’s this year. Just you wait.
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