Two weeks now since my race. I am plotting for my next move. It might be a long time because at the present I don’t want to go anywhere or do anything. I am plotting though.
I know the feeling of having reach the highest of highs and now normalcy seems like the lowest of lows.
Nothing I want to do seems to reach what I did in term of satisfaction. There are harder races out there but hard races are not something I want to do any more. What about easy races?
I actually did a 10k race over the holiday (memorial weekend). I did quite well, got in under an hour, given I was not sure I could even run since it was my second time actually ‘run’ after my 100 mile race. My legs were still jelly. The course was hilly too (for city running).
This weekend I am volunteering/crewing at one of the ultra 100 mile grand slams – the Old Dominion. It is the first of 5 races. It will be hot and nasty and some rain. Runners are trying to get in under 24 hours.
Races like these are beyond my ability. One of the staff asked me if I would be willing to be a safety runner for one of the late participants who was pulled in from the waitlist.
I had to politely decline. With my pace like 16-18 mins, I would be a liability to the runner than helping them. They would be moving on average 14 min pace or faster. Though we will see, there is a runner I am willing to pace there, who had attempted this race couple times but couldn’t finish. The runner said it was because of lacking a pacer.
Anyway, I know what I need to do to stay off post race blue. I hope by helping others I might get some satisfaction in their accomplishments. I don’t know, maybe it is a new experience.
There were a bunch of races I want to do. But I feel like I am right now just going through the motion. This year I only did one state so far (Texas). I could have done a dozen or so as one of my friends did. I am trying to copy her this year’s schedule for next year (see below).
I am not sure why I am dragging my feet in signing up for those races though. Maybe they are not for me.
I won’t be doing all of them.
Awhile back, I wrote I would think on it somewhat about my fall schedule. My so call sleeping on it. My fall schedule is mostly set.
My friend is going to do a marathon in Idaho in October and asked if I want to join. I am on the fence. I originally wanted to run the Lake Tahoe Marathon that weekend. I put Lake Tahoe aside for awhile back but now it came back into view. It seems I can do it, maybe after finishing the MMT gave me a fresh motivation. It is in conflict with the Idaho’s Marathon. We will see which one I will pick.
Plus now St George (Utah) might be in play as well. I am also looking at Sedona Marathon. These all clustering around the second week of October.
At the same time I could swing by twitchCon, a gamer convention, in Vegas. Yes, that seems to my focus. I don’t know why I want to go there, but also I might feel a bit out of place. Anyway, I am planning my races around the convention, hoping it will give me an excuse to go!
This is all for now. My life after the Big Race is quite tame.
Oh, biggest news, I am thinking of going to Sydney. I mentioned previously but hard to face the truth that I wanna go. There is the blue mountain marathon. It will take some work to make everything line up.
I have been dragging my feet. I want to feel excited again! For the Sydney trip, I am deferring the decision to fall.
In awe 