Last weekend's race was fun, and hard. It also woke me up to the fact that I'm not really ready for the marathon in a month. If I managed to bring in a time of 2:30, maybe I'd be on the fence, but knowing that I'll likely be skirting the cut off time for the full marathon discourages me more than I realized.
So, I've re-evaluated my plans. I want my first full marathon back post injury/arthritis diagnosis to be fun but also not a slog-fest. I am pretty sure that means not running it in the middle of the summer.
On the plus side, I have all summer to train, to slowly ramp up my speed and distance to where I'd like it to be. I also want to find a marathon with a bit more of a generous cut off time than 6 hours.
I've fallen into the overtraining rut before and don't want to go back there.
So, my options revolve around a fall marathon. I am hoping to do the Valley Harvest 50km race still, so whether or not a full marathon happens before that is still up in the air. Decisions!
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