A new quest to challenge the backyard ultra process. This is my beginning. Starting with a sprained ankle and 8 months to get right. I've had a running history but no documentation so I'll briefly catch up in the next installment. This is some accountability. I don't want to turn up and fail early and be convinced I did OK. I want to win. Not win the race exactly but I'd take that. But win as in be content. Not stop at a milestop. Not die on my chair and not give up my mind. This is a mental challenge. The physical stuff is easy. The nutritional is tangible. The prep is all doable. Discipline is mandatory. Turning up is mandatory. Giving up is not allowed. Updates and basic training and the journey to follow. Time to fucking focus.
Why leave anything to chance? That's what I'm wondering today. A number of reasons I've gotten to this thinking and writing it down means I need to do something about it. I need to understand the problem. I'm training for a marathon. 6 weeks into a 16 week plan. And generally it's been going well. Although I have missed some sessions albeit for legitimate reasons. But that's just the point; I can always make a reason for missing a session but really mostly it's excuses. I'd never miss my long run. It would be too many miles to miss in a week. But when it comes to other sessions I'm not so consistent. And the ones I miss the most are the technical speed sessions. I suppose I think they are the least important but while actually doing one today I realised how important they are. They are in the plan for a reason so who am I to decide to skip them? I've missed 3 out of 6 of them for various reasons and 2 other sessions on days before them meaning