next race is up

the problem with feeling better is this... now i want to RUN ALL THE RACES! 

the problem with running all the races is this... i absolutely loathe racing in cold weather.  i mean... i actually swore off it back in 12/14 (unofficially of course), and that's really when i stopped racing after october from then on out.  then this year due to my 8 month hiatus i ended up running the ragnar northwoods which was hella fun.  my performance there was so promising that when i came home i committed myself to 25mi weeks.  i've been hitting that goal mileage pretty easily so when the opportunity to sign up for the lakefront discovery run popped up i began seriously considering it.

the deciding factor was that they allow you to wait inside the italian community center prior to the race.  this was the clincher for me because the whole reason i don't race in the winter months is because i get so damn cold!

admittedly i've also been starring longingly at the milwaukee running festival races too.  *sigh*

ridiculous i know..  i can't run that race!  it's in NOVEMBER for christ's sake!  it will be so damn cold!  i can't bring myself to commit.  besides... that might maybe probably is too much too soon as is my usual m.o.

so that's where i'm at.  i've been running really well and put a teeny tiny training plan together for the discovery run so that i've got a little mileage under my belt before the race.  we all know i WILL be racing that race... not just lallygagging around through it.  it's impossible for me to run a race just to run it.  i will leave all of myself on the course.

hopefully i will have some friends there to hang out with at the after party.  that will be fun.  i'm trying to be less introverted and more outgoing.  it's odd because i am very outgoing but there are times where i feel drained by crowds and mostly by new people.  i yearn for social interaction, but then my anxiety kicks in and i just want to be at home alone. lol!  it's the bane of being an ambivert i suppose.  yes, that's a thing.

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