Man, I was so excited to run the Disney Princess Half Marathon on February 23.
Then January 7th happened.
Sometime while teaching I got a cold on the first day of school and the cold laid me flat for 10 days but the worst part was that the cough is still with me. Almost five weeks later and I am only just now getting back into the running part and back into CrossFit. A week ago I could barely walk across campus without stopping to take resting breaks to catch my breath.
Now I'm getting back into the swing of things and am humbled at how out of shape I am. Two miles feels so hard and I am really slow. Before Christmas I could go out and run 8 miles with less than 12 minute mile averages; not even close now. Running 13.1 miles just isn't going to happen in two weeks. I was very sad when I made this decision but I'm not trained for it and I want my next half to be an awesome experience; run/walking a four+ hour half marathon was not what I wanted for myself.
But this week and last week I've gone running and gone to the WODs.
Oh, the WODs. I have missed them so much. I missed my friends but there are other things. I missed the way they made they made me feel about myself. I love defining myself as a runner and as an extreme athlete and CrossFit and races let me do that. I've said here before that I'll never be content being a casual exerciser. I need to feel like an athlete and not just that, but as a bat out of hell, oh dear, this stuff is insanely hard but awesome kind of athlete.
Doing what others won't even bother trying is what makes it great.
So yeah, I'm back into things.
Guess what else, I've signed up for another race. Yes, it's only a 5K, but races keep me committed and you get Girl Scout cookies at the end of this.
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