As I sit at the table scouring the internet for my next event, I’m suffering a little from yesterday’s run. I’d rate it a bit more than mild discomfort. I stop and think about kneeling down to put the smalls on the clothes airer in front of the fire. And once down I have to prepare myself for getting back up.
Never mind. I’m sure it was much like this last time I ran 21.1k on the road.
Now I need to find something new to focus my energy on.
Richard has me filling out a folder of all sorts of things that give an understanding of what makes me tick. One of which is a list of long term goals.
I had listed a hill running event as one of my goals. And as I remind myself what else was listed I see I put down the Hanmer 1/2 in 2009. Guess I better start planning for that too!
Hmmm, looking through the folder I spot my Weaknesses. One being a lack of willpower to push myself - a bit like yesterday when I couldn’t seem to step up the pace. Another is Comparing to others. We had to address how we were to improve the weakness. I said see myself as an individual and acknowledge there are differences.
Boy it was easy to write, harder to follow through with.
Back to my scouring the internet looking for an off-road run.
I think I found it. It’s the Shoe Clinic Crater Rim Trail Run. Unfortunately there’s no details, just an email address.
So I’ve sent my email. I don’t know if this is a repeat event or not. I don’t remember seeing it when I was last on the website a couple of weeks back.
But it might fit the bill. Though 20km of off-road is a lot I guess. Still, I know if I decide to do it, and commit to it, I will achieve it. It’ll be a whole new ball game but that’s what makes it exciting.
We’ll have been in Sydney on holiday a fortnight before the event so not sure if it fits well for training.
First things first, wait for a reply to get a better understanding of what it involves and talk to Richard and see if he thinks it will be the right type of event for me.
