I ran my first flat half marathon in a year this morning. I haven’t been training nor have I been as excited about running as when I ran my last year. I still ran a 1:53:57, which is a pretty respectable time… 5 minutes off of my PR. I realized though that I have really high expectations of myself, probably too high. I have not been putting in the work to run my best.. not eating right, not doing my weekday runs. I have so many distractions (not a valid excuse) – work, class, wanting to try new things. I am glad I have high expectations of myself, but I need to be more realistic. I am finishing my races strong, that should be the most important thing…..
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| Finished! |
I think that's a respectable time, but what do I know about running? I do think realistic expectations are good though. Keep that in mind!
(Spoken as someone who has gone through a ton of weird things in the past month and a half where she's expected her body to have better expectations than they have…)
~ Sarah