“At this point marathon training is adding a huge stress on my schedule rather than a constructive challenge and I don't know what to do!”
So what happens when you realize that you’ve taken on a big task? 26 miles is no small feat for your feet. I’d like to be able to tell everyone that you can just take it easy and not worry about training. I don’t want anyone to be stressed out here, but a little bit of fire under the butt is never a bad thing. One of the most important lessons of a marathon is balance.
Balance in training is a big factor. You have to know when to push yourself and when to hold back. You have to learn when your body says no more and when your body just wants an ice cream cone. You have to make yourself get up and out of bed a little bit earlier in the morning to get in a run or a jog, because unless you do the training, your body will never learn and then it will hate you on race day.
The problem is, we view this is as 26 miles! Does it really help to look at it this way? Do I look at my life and say “I have 76 more years to go!” and then try to do that all at once? (wow if I have 76 more years, I will be OLD). No, you take life one year at a time, and suddenly you find that you’re 23. Or 26 someday. Running a marathon is like living. Just one mile at a time. every experience you can cram into your life is something that will help you in the next year. Every run you can cram in before a marathon, be it a great 5 mile run or a sucky 3 mile run/walk that you can’t even finish, will help you on race day. You gradually add it in, making it a part of your routine until suddenly one day, you feel funny when you missed your scheduled run. It requires putting it in your google calendar or telling me what time to call you and make you run. It requires packing a gym bag and meeting your coworkers for happy hour sweaty and in your workout clothes a little bit late.
It requires some work but it can really be a lot of fun…just like LIFE.
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