Thursday, July 17, 2008

Lost motivation.

I have lost all motivation for running fast 5ks on the trail.  Yesterdays Suntroke 5k on TLT was full of very good masters runners....Cindy Salazar, Nancy Dasso and some others.  I knew that by the 3/4 mile mark last week was not a fluke so I slowed down and just ran kind of easy.  The longer, easier paced runs feel just fine.  My body is just not interested in running fast.  I also think the adjustment in my schedule isn't helping (working Tuesday nights now so I can be off Friday).  Am doing much, much better on my diet and my weight is slowly drifting down.  Consistantly in the 140-142 lb range in stead of 144-145 range.
I have decided to do Dwayne's DC focused AT&T Rogue group in the fall.
My poor horse has sore feet from his trek outside his pasture the other night but today looks much better than yesterday.  I am hopeful he will be all better by next weekend for the horse show.
Up at 4:40 this AM to run with Leslie and Diana - very easy paced 6miles but it felt good despite being a little humid today.  Plan 8-10 miles tomorrow and at least 12 on Saturday with Rogue.

2 comments:

Charles said...

The beauty of joining a training group is that sometimes peer pressure is an adequate substitute for motivation;-)

kirsten said...

No...nothing can motivate me to run one more fast 5k on the trails! I am looking forward to getting back in the training group in Sept. I will say that I thoroughly enjoyed the long run on Sat to Mt Bonnell. I had no intention of running 14 miles but once I got out there with everyone else I just couldn't help my self.