The Queen of Rest

Ok…it has been 12 days since the marathon…I have ran once.  It was a nice (rainy!!) 7km run but since that one, the mojo just is not there.  Granted I have been so busy with work that I cannot see straight but it is weighing on my mind. I know I need to rest and this still falls into what the experts recommend (1 day of rest per mile ran) but I thought mentally I would be more ‘ready’ to run than I am.

I am a total slave to the plan – I need to know what distances to do, when to do speed work etc. so this whole “run for time and take it easy” until our next clinic starts isn’t easy for me.  Tomorrow I am getting back on track with spinning at the gym, yoga and 3 weekly runs.  Otherwise I may lose what is left of my rapidly fraying rope.

Luckily I have this to look forward to:

Road2Hope Hamilton Marathon.  As it turns out, it the goal race for our next clinic…it doesn’t hurt when the course is flat with a nice downhill…way different from the Pig!  My coach and I talked briefly about some changes to my training this time around…and it is going to hurt but I cannot wait.  Of course our summer clinic also means stairs and hill workouts and a month of track workouts but bring it.

Tonight I have the pleasure of going out for a wicked dinner with the hubs for our ANNIVERSARY.  Then he leaves me for a conference in N’Awlins.   Bummer…

Happy ‘Versary…glad we have driven each other nuts for oh so many years with more to come…