I entered in the lottery to run the Nike Women's Half Marathon in SF in October after a woman I work with asked me if I had planned on it. At first, I thought I probably would not, since it's super expensive, and I was feeling somewhat burned out on longer distance. I wanted to focus on shorter distance running, speed work, and more cross-training in the Fall.
But then, I remembered that Nike Women's races are a total experience, and I imagine it's a great community of women who run. I also remembered the firefighters that give you Tiffany's necklaces for finishing...
(Photo credit from 'Ama Runs blog - she wrote an awesome post about the 2013 Nike Women's in DC!)
So, I entered. If it was meant to be, it would be.
And today I got my e-mail! Woohoo!!!
I think, actually, as I think about it more and more (and read annoyed Facebook posts on the Nike Women's page from the ladies whose entries were not selected...), I realize how awesome of an experience this is going to be. And I think it's just what I need to keep me going!
Last week especially, I was feeling really burned out on running, feeling like I was doing it because I had to, not because I wanted to. Not a good feeling. But, as I am coming off of a better week, including a great 10-mile run last weekend, and heading into a fun weekend including a San Jose Sharks 10k race, I realize that there are going to be ups and downs. There will be weeks where I just don't want to, and that will be okay. I don't ever have to!
And because I don't want to burn out, after the Nike Women's, I'm going to take a little break from October through the Spring of 2015, and do what I said - run some shorter races perhaps, cross-train, and run when I feel like it. When I run for the sake of running and feeling good, not as part of training, I just feel so much better about it.
But first?
With a pretty necklace. Ohhhh yeah.
(Okay, maybe not shirtless. But still.)
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