When a stated goal hits a snag, don't retreat! Reflect!

This winter has not been kind to runners in general.  For me, it's been a huge mental challenge.  I've been out in cold and bad weather for so long, that it feels like it was years ago that I ran in nice conditions.  Some days I've been able to overcome the inertia that dark cold days bring, and other days I haven't been able to.  Then, there are those events that are beyond my control.

Originally, I wanted to run twelve races in twelve months.  Everything was going along really well until two things happened:

1. Weather forced the postponement, and then the cancellation of the second race I had planned to run.
2. Illness forced me to miss the third race I had planned on.

While neither one of these events is anything I could have controlled, it still threw me off track.  What was I going to do?  How would I recover?

Well, upon reflection I have plenty of time.  I can still attain my goal.  The Maine Marathon is more than six months away, so I have a lot of time to train, and there are a lot of road races in Maine between now and then.  I just need to take a deep breath and relax.

Well that's that!

My quest to run twelve races in twelve months hit an unfortunate snag.  In February I was signed up to compete in the Mid Winter classic, a 10 mile run that is held in the town where I live.  Despite the distance and the time of year, the race attracted 800 entrants.  On February 6th, the Town announced that the roads were not safe for the runners; the snowbanks were too high, and due to fresh snow, the Town needed to plow.  The same story occurred on the 27th, the make up date.  This time, the race is cancelled.  Bummer.

So, on to the next race which is this coming Sunday Morning.  The Irish Road Rover Starts and finishes in front of an Irish pub named Brian Boru.  I can see some Guinness in my future.  I will also need to pick up an additional race to stay on track with my goal.  The reality is that the weather has not been very cooperative for training purposes.  For a while I was doing ok, but the constant cold and snow has begun to wear me down a bit. But enough of that!  March will be a good training month for me I know it!  Today begins the rest of the training year for me, and I started well.  Spring is coming, hang in there everyone.