A sudden, scary, realisation
Oh dear. Eighteen days until Warrior Dash. I am quite scared. I'm not worried about my endurance, I know I can run the distance. No, I'm worried about the actual obstacles. I still don't have a lot of upper body strength, and my shoulder is still weak. Physio is helping, but I'm still scared about it popping out. I couldn't convince anyone to do the run with me, so I don't have anyone to help me out! I'm hoping that all the stories I've heard about the Dash being full of comrades is true, else I may never finish! Plus, I have been quite lax about my training recenlty. I felt similarly lathagic and unmotivated after my first half marathon, so I guess that's something to consider.
I just read two friends blog (on Spark people, not here) about their experiene at Warrior Dash and Spartan Sprint, (hich is similar to the Dash, and I am really inspired to give this my best shot.)To beat my nerves, and not freak out, I am going to treat this as a practise run for my Spartan, which isn't until September. That is more than enough time to figure out what I need to do and how to do it. I keep getting e-mails from the Spartan site giving me workouts of the day which I haven't done in forever. A lot of them require gym equipment that I just don't have, so I'm going to do the race and then decide if I need access to the gym equipment. There is a really good 24/7 gym in Birmingham which is £15.99 a month to attend, with unlimited usage. That could be pretty cool in the summer.
Gosh, when you said eighteen days, that really isn't a lot...
In other news, I managed to do some school work today-just marking books, but I hate marking so that was a HUGE achievement to do it in my spare time. I also managed about 45 minutes of exercise, 15 mins of Jillian Micheals and 30 mins of kickboxing dvd. I want so much to NOT SUCK at these races that I'm determined to do some form of high intensity exercise everyday until the race. I need to work on my strength as well, upper body in particular. My legs aren't too bad-running is good for them!
Oooo, I'm scared livejournalers!!!!