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It sounds pretty ironic that I’m caring less about training for the marathon I’ve spent the last 4 years trying to qualify for. I’m not caring less about the race – just about training and I am cutting myself some slack. Michele also just wrote a great post about this topic – specifically about the Boston Marathon too.

The start of 2015 has been nothing but bumps in the road – potholes to be more accurate. First week into the New Year I got hit with a stomach bug. After a few other incidents and a major set back (learning that my BF will deploy again for 9 months), I have felt pretty beat up thus far.

My body was holding up pretty well physically and as usual I was using running as an escape and a relaxer. It wasn’t until last week when everything caught up to me and my body put out a big proverbial stop sign.

I was more tired and cared less about doing my workout. Mentally and emotionally I was drained from personal reasons so I sort of blamed my body for following suit. I posted a picture on Instagram about unintentionally making last week a cutback week, and I received and overwhelming amount of supporters and people feeling the same way.

Training for a marathon is hard as it is. Training for a specific time is even tougher and I have been following a strict, time-focused training plan for the past 4 marathons. Choosing to run Boston Marathon as a “victory” race rather than a goal race was the best choice ever. Nicole and I have been running most of our long runs together and it’s made a world of difference to “just” run the miles rather than focus on specific paces and getting upset if we don’t hit them.

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I’m still doing 2 key speed workouts, a long run, and 1-2 other maintenance runs per week but I’m a lot more forgiving and accepting of my body and how it is feeling.

The Boston Marathon IS a celebration and I am so excited to run it. Sure I won’t be hitting my fastest time, or probably anywhere close to it, but I will be enjoying my life during training and giving it my all race day!

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