or stick with the plan? That has been the question as of late. I have a friend that is gaining speed towards the Eugene Marathon. It's great because we will hopefully do a fair amount of training together which is always helpful when you are training. Yet, when I set my schedule for the year, my plan was to only race the half at Eugene. That would mean I wouldn't need as much time off to recover and would be fit and ready for the end of the first half of my season, Boise 70.3. But then there is the appeal of racing the Eugene marathon course again...
The more and more I thought about it, I really wanted to run the marathon. I felt like I left a fair amount of time on the table last year due to my illness. I even started to rationalize that since running is the weakest part of my triathlon portfolio, it would make sense to get another marathon in before Ironman Canada in late August. What to do? Well, in order to solve life's toughest problems I go out for a workout. So I Sunday I took off with my IPOD for a 90 minute run. During my run I realized that it made little sense to race the marathon. I will be putting in similar amount of miles as if I was doing the marathon as opposed to the half, but the recovery time post half will be much shorter. This will allow me to be fresh for Boise and still have the good run base I need heading into the meat of the summer.
So, despite how much I want to race the marathon, I'm sticking to the plan! Half marathon for me. All else is going pretty well. I'm starting to feel better and now just trying to drop some lbs. I spent Super Bowl Sunday installing some new blinds at my house. It is amazing the difference it made! Feels like a new home. Hope everyone is well. Thanks for reading,
-T
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