Nothing left to prove
I had one of those moments of clarity on Sunday while I was running my long run. I started running to prove something to myself and running distance comparable to what I was doing over the winter AND having crushed my 10k PR and still coasting on the huge win that was the Warrior Dash, I feel like I have proved it. Sure, I'd like to be able to get 26.2 again and it's still a goal I'm looking at next year but I'm done obsessing. I might not be quite the man I once was but I'm in pretty good shape for the shape I'm in. ;-)
This doesn't mean I'm quitting or even slowing down. I'm just going to be smarter. I was recently thinking about going back to 4 run days a week but my biggest goal is to stay uninjured and keep getting stronger. Without any mileage goals, why risk it? So that means I'm going to have to figure out how my technical runs fit into the picture, maybe they don't, maybe I just focus on base mileage, long slow runs and strength training for the second half of the year.
I do need to focus more on the weight. I still haven't done anything about the weight I picked up and the Spartan Sprint will be here before I know it. I started logging the food and that's a start...I haven't even ruled out going back to WW. Now that I'm down to 20-30 miles a week for the foreseeable future, the program would work just fine for me but really you go to WW for the connection and I'm not sure I would have that. Hmmmm.
I've unsubscribed from World of Warcraft (again), which I suppose is as much indicative of my feelings about the game as it is of where I'm at regarding what I want to be doing with my free time.
This doesn't mean I'm quitting or even slowing down. I'm just going to be smarter. I was recently thinking about going back to 4 run days a week but my biggest goal is to stay uninjured and keep getting stronger. Without any mileage goals, why risk it? So that means I'm going to have to figure out how my technical runs fit into the picture, maybe they don't, maybe I just focus on base mileage, long slow runs and strength training for the second half of the year.
I do need to focus more on the weight. I still haven't done anything about the weight I picked up and the Spartan Sprint will be here before I know it. I started logging the food and that's a start...I haven't even ruled out going back to WW. Now that I'm down to 20-30 miles a week for the foreseeable future, the program would work just fine for me but really you go to WW for the connection and I'm not sure I would have that. Hmmmm.
I've unsubscribed from World of Warcraft (again), which I suppose is as much indicative of my feelings about the game as it is of where I'm at regarding what I want to be doing with my free time.