It is April. It has been six weeks since the Central Park Marathon. It is time to kick into gear with some short races.
Usually, when I do the post-marathon training, I am excited to change up my training program, trading long distance for short sprints, endurance for speed. But after four grueling weeks of track intervals, tempo runs and sub-6:00 mile blasts, I was hurting in so many places - my Achilles tendon, my quads, my back, even my groin.
Is it worth it? I do not even know. I just know that this is what I have been doing for six years. Now in my late 30s, I think it is logical to assume that my fastest 5Ks are behind me, so why do I keep reaching for a 5:56 pace?
The only answer with which I can come up is "Why not?"
If I train for it, but do not actually achieve it, then at least I know I put my all into it; that I tried, to the best of my ability. Why not set the bar high?
So tomorrow I will run the Strides for Hope 5K in Livingston. (http://saintbarnabasfoundation.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=574)
And I am going to run as fast as I can. Otherwise, why bother racing at all?
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