Motivation!

So, I have been very unsuccessful and unmotivated to get in my long run.  Mother Nature has been winning and I have had no motivation to push through.  I was feeling very discouraged because I could not find races I wanted to do that lined up with the mileage I wanted.  It is very hard for me to push myself to keep running on long runs, why not walk awhile?  Poor attitude.

White Rock Racing puts on a Marathon Build Up Series, but none of the 4 races matches my training plan.  Their Big D 30K (18.6 miles) is only 2 weeks out from the marathon.  Not much time to taper.  Three weeks out is about the time I would like to do my last long run.  Much to my relief I decided to look for races on a different website than my normal one and I found the answer – Fort Worth 20 miler.

I had already signed up for the DRC half marathon - Nov 3 and then I was planning on running a few more miles.  If I could do another 5-7 afterwards that would give me 18-20 total for the day.

Now I found the Fort Worth Marathon, 20 miler, and half marathon – Nov 10.  The 20 miler is a perfect.  Obviously 20 miles is what you want to get to in your marathon training.  It is the magic number.  And it is 4 weeks out from White Rock (Dallas) Marathon. 

That would be two weekends in a row with good long runs!  4 and 5 weeks out from my marathon.

Talk about renewed spirits!!  Maybe I can get in the training I want!