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I want this race to be over with already
Urghitdyburgidty.
I've been training for a PR at this race on Sunday and was doing okay. It's not a full training cycle since my last half was just in mid-December but I felt like I might not get the time I was training for (2:12) but I should PR (better than 2:15).
Then we had two weeks of the plague at our house where I was only able to run one day each week. So I've had one full week of training and now am in my taper week. I feel like I haven't had a good training week in almost a month.
Then this race is just going to be a massive cluster. It's the first year it's being run, it's three loops of the same course and there's a 5K that goes with it and the 5K starts thirty minutes before the half.
I want to quit already. How do you deal with all this mental noise before a race because it's really getting annoying (and my husband is ready to kick me out of the house because it's put me in such a funk all week.)
Re: I want this race to be over with already
I try to remind myself that I've had some of my best races under randomly weird/crappy conditions. I ran my half PR in crazy high winds and unseasonable cold without being able to poop first!
And worst case scenario, if you don't PR: you just ran a freaking half marathon, which is still an amazing and awesome accomplishment.
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I am running the 5K since i am running 2 halves back to back the next two weeks.
I dont think the 5K will be a problem for you all since by the time you all start, a lot of the 5Kers will be finished or at least already turned around, so you really shouldnt encounter any of the 5Kers on your course.
It's true, you might PR, but even if you don't, you just were awesome for 13.1 miles
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Amen to that!
And it's not stress as much as it is apathy. I'm already over it. Which isn't like me. Freaking out and stressing, that's me. Apathy, not so much. My mind is by far the weakest part of my running game.
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I hope that's the case, but 5Ks on that course get crowded and stay crowded, especially since we're all just on one side of Allen and the return is just down to one lane.
It's just one example of the poor planning that the race has shown so far which makes me give the side eye to it.
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I think you need to take the pressure off. Run this race for fun.
Mindset is really an amazing thing, I think when all the pressure is gone then you will start looking forward to it again.
You've got a whole string of halves to PR and meet goal - if not this one, then the next...or the next. You'll be kicking off a great challenge, which is a goal in and of itself, right? So keep the faith. You've got ample opportunities coming up to impress yourself.
But three loops; gah! I'm sorry to hear THAT. I hate running the same stretch of road on an overlap in my neighborhood, so the idea of three loops makes me queasy.
Umm, i Really dont think it is going to be a problem. we start 30 minutes before you all do, so even the walkers will be turned around by the 30 minute mark. I think the only people that will encounter 5kers on the course are the SUPER fast half marathon people (I am talking the 6 min/milers). You really shouldnt run into any of them at all.
This is what I was going to say, too. When I start feeling cranky or stressy, I have to remind myself that I do this for fun. And if it's not your favorite race, you don't have to run it again...there are always more opportunities.
But it'll be a great time, and you're going to kick butt!