So what's next???
Does anyone else out there the "post-race blues"?
I wouldn't call it "depression", but more a "hey, I just busted my butt for the past 4 months training and rocked this marathon. what do I do now?" sort of situation.
Not that I have ever "busted my butt" during training nor have I ever "rocked" a marathon, maybe the post-race party, but not the marathon.
But I have been known to get in a funk after the euphoria of the race wears off. It hit me really hard after the Goofy Challenge. I knew the only way I could really get back into the swing of things was jump back into the training cycle. So I immediately started training for OKC and no more funk.
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My Ironman is exactly one month away, September 23. I am still not totally sure what to expect immediately before, during or after the race. I am sure it will be emotional.
There is nothing I can do to avoid the pre-race and race-day emotions. And I am going to ride the post-race emotions as long as I can.
But I know at some point, when the euphoria wears off, that post-race funk will sneak in.
Unless I do something about it.
So as a pre-emptive strike against "funk", I decided tonight that I am am going to head out to Vegas the weekend of December 10 for the Vegas International Marathon.
And then, in January, return to Phoenix, the site of my first marathon.
Possibly run my first ultra-marathon, the 42-mile brew to brew relay all by myself in March,
Head back down to OKC in April for the third straight year for the OK memorial marathon (where I am optimistic that my sister Judy will be running the 1/2 marathon and, if I can convince her to join us, my cousin Carly).
After taking the month of May off, I want to go back to San Diego because that was an awesome run.
I wouldn't be surprised if another Ironman (or maybe just a 1/2 ironman) will be calling late summer.
All of this to get me ready for the Tahoe Triple in September.
Which, after all that work, I should be able to justify the trip to Hawaii in December for a 26.2 mile run along the beach followed by a relaxing week enjoying a tropical paradise.
And that is how I plan on avoiding the post-race funk.
Unless, of course, someone else has other suggestions.
I wouldn't call it "depression", but more a "hey, I just busted my butt for the past 4 months training and rocked this marathon. what do I do now?" sort of situation.
Not that I have ever "busted my butt" during training nor have I ever "rocked" a marathon, maybe the post-race party, but not the marathon.
But I have been known to get in a funk after the euphoria of the race wears off. It hit me really hard after the Goofy Challenge. I knew the only way I could really get back into the swing of things was jump back into the training cycle. So I immediately started training for OKC and no more funk.
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My Ironman is exactly one month away, September 23. I am still not totally sure what to expect immediately before, during or after the race. I am sure it will be emotional.
There is nothing I can do to avoid the pre-race and race-day emotions. And I am going to ride the post-race emotions as long as I can.
But I know at some point, when the euphoria wears off, that post-race funk will sneak in.
Unless I do something about it.
So as a pre-emptive strike against "funk", I decided tonight that I am am going to head out to Vegas the weekend of December 10 for the Vegas International Marathon.
And then, in January, return to Phoenix, the site of my first marathon.
Possibly run my first ultra-marathon, the 42-mile brew to brew relay all by myself in March,
Head back down to OKC in April for the third straight year for the OK memorial marathon (where I am optimistic that my sister Judy will be running the 1/2 marathon and, if I can convince her to join us, my cousin Carly).
After taking the month of May off, I want to go back to San Diego because that was an awesome run.
I wouldn't be surprised if another Ironman (or maybe just a 1/2 ironman) will be calling late summer.
All of this to get me ready for the Tahoe Triple in September.
Which, after all that work, I should be able to justify the trip to Hawaii in December for a 26.2 mile run along the beach followed by a relaxing week enjoying a tropical paradise.
And that is how I plan on avoiding the post-race funk.
Unless, of course, someone else has other suggestions.
posted by Kevin at 6:32 PM
5 Comments:
ummm...that's some serious planning. wow...
the planning part is easy. And now, the hard part...finding where these events fit into my 2007 budget.
So, if you run brew-to-brew by yourself, does that mean you have to carry a baton still? Do you just pass it from one hand to the other at the exchanges?
dude. ever hear of burnout?!
your next year plan sounds like it might familiarize you with the term! don't over-do it!
More likely than carry a baton on the relay, I will just trip some unexpecting soul as they speed past me around mile 40 and just take theirs.
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