Runner's Woes

Oh my lord. I am a bit surprised that I'm here but, here I am. My brother, and co pilot for the 50k we were supposed to run in October told me (on my birthday, no less) that he's been asked to be in a friend's wedding on the same weekend. :-( Good lord. First my MIL tells me to block off my traditional 50k weekend for a birthday party, then the plans never appear, now my brother is canceling on me for my back up race. Holy hell. And its not like I can ask my husband to drive 2 hours and then sit around for 6+ hours waiting for me to finish running in the Valley, and I don't know anyone else running that distance or that would want to stick around for hours afterwards. 

So. Here I am at square one, with some decent training under my belt and my vegan lifestyle well established. It's one of those "What the heck universe?!" kind of moments. I'm trying to see this as some kind of lesson; to take my 50k build up more slowly and get my half marathon time down to under 2:15. I'll be doing the 50k in 2018 (come hell or high water!!).

To that end I've decided to enter the local half marathon in September. I could run it now but it wouldn't be a fast time. I'll dedicate my next couple of weeks to speed sessions and maintaining my long runs around 15-20ks. 

When life throws curve balls you can stand there, get hit and cry about it or you can take your hit and try to avoid the next one.