I have yet to reveal my entire race schedule for 2014, stay tuned for that sometime next week... but I have officially announced that I will be running the BMO Vancouver Full Marathon on May 4, 2014.
After
my 1st marathon I was so thrilled with the feeling of completing it that I wanted to sign up for another one the next day. Pretty soon after that, my post marathon high wore off and I was left with a pretty serious case of the
post marathon blues. I think it was a combination of that and being burnt out from a year of so much racing.
It has taken some time but I am rested now and looking forward to another year of races. I feel ready to train for a big race, my 2nd full marathon. As of this Sunday I will officially be 'in training' again.
And yes, that means I have opted out of the
Ultra I mentioned last week. It doesn't mean that I will never run an Ultra marathon, it just means: not right now. My thoughts about an ultra marathon would be aptly described by the FaceBook relationship status "it's complicated". I feel like it is the next step but I know I'm not ready yet, even if I want to be. I love the half marathon distance, I like the marathon distance, and the Ultra is a crazy unknown. So maybe next year, I will learn to love the marathon distance. Or at least learn a little bit more about myself while training for one.
What are you training for right now? Do you think January is a good time to start training? Do you make New Year's resolutions?
