Do you make deals with yourself? I seem to do it on a daily basis. It’s how I negotiate outcomes that I might not be able to do daily.
Today’s deal is that I need to follow my 50 mile training plan from today to Sunday. Exactly. Just miles on my feet. That’s it – easy – right? Well, not exactly. This is what the training week looks like:
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Actual Miles | Scheduled Miles |
| 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 34 | 34 |
The deal of the week is that I just need to do it: make it happen or drop out of the 50 Mile race in June.
I have a lot of experience of dropping out of races before and during. While it is difficult to do and I wrestle my brain and ego for hours and days, at the end of the the day I’m a realist. I have big dreams and big plans, and I believe that I can do anything I set my mind to. However, I’m a realist and practicalist.
So here we go….. let’s get this training done, recover, figure out the vegan recovery food and get to Wachusett Mountain trail run in June.
Cheers to Planning & Executing the next goal! #run50miles