Training for the marathon this time around is different. The emotions are completely different, I miss the excitement of the unknown. This time around, I know full well I can do the scheduled long run for the week, so the motivation isn't the same. By missing that element, it makes it easy to slack, and I have been. I knew my weekly miles were less than last year, but when I looked at my stats for the month of February, it was like a slap to the face comparing last year to this year's totals. 151 miles last year to 127 this year and the worst part this year was a leap year, I had an extra day!
I'm not even sure how exactly this came about, but coincidentally my new running nickname is Slack Ass. The running friend who bestowed me with this title has no idea of my past running totals, or my involvement in the Slackers in high school, so that makes the choice of that title even more disturbing. While I might be stuck with the name, I don't have to live down to it. I'm going to embrace it for the irony it's going to represent!
My single best month last year was March, with at total of 163 miles. This month's goal, I'm running for 200 miles! Slack Ass is gonna bust ass this month.
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