Oh hey, happy Monday folks. Hope you all had a lovely weekend. I’m currently on my spring break (chillin’ in good ‘ol Ithaca for the first half).

Remember when I told you I was going to train for and run another half marathon in April? Well good news and bad news. Bad news: training sucks in the winter and I am pretty bad at it. Good news: I hate quitting so instead I decided to re-evaluate my race and push it back to a different race in May.

This race is in nearby Binghamton and gives me an extra month to train when the weather isn’t quite so soul crushing.

Confession: Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love running, running means so much to me on so many levels and isn’t just a way to stay healthy physically, but also it keeps me sane, happy and motivated. However, the wind has been seriously robbed from my sails this winter and I haven’t found the same joy in running. I haven’t lost hope but it has made training really really really hard.

I’ve been trying to mix up my workouts and I even tried a Monday morning swimming sesh and a 7am barre class with Fran last Friday, spoiler alert: it was amazing and I loved it.

So what now?

I’m going to rewrite my training schedule starting from now until May 4th. It will include a lot more cross training, more interval sessions (because I love those) and one solid long run (like usual).

Here’s how I see it. I love running because it makes me happy. When it stops making me happy I don’t love it. Why should I run in a way that doesn’t make me happy? Everyone has their own reasons, their own goals, their own journey and I should respect mine and stop trying to fit it into a perfect plan. Because life and running are not perfect, nor should they be.

I’m also hoping my strength and energy levels will improve during the Whole30 and it will have positive effects on my workouts and runs. I’ll keep you posted during my weekly recaps.

Thanks for listening to me ramble. I hope you’re surviving this especially brutal winter with a smile on your face.

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