Hot Chocolate 15K - Las Vegas Race Recap

I woke up feeling tired and was already questioning myself. My mind started working against me by asking myself questions like: "Am I right on schedule with my marathon training? Would me drinking the past two days to celebrate my buddy's birthday affect my race, today? Why does the scale say I'm 3 lbs. heavier?"

I'm exactly where I need to be right now

"Sometimes when we lose our way, we must return to the basics. That's where the beauty lies. La bellesa de la vida." - Mozart in the Jungle

For the past couple months I've been thinking of what to write and how to write it and I kept hitting a dead end; I just couldn't find my voice. It's now 2017 and I know New Year's resolutions are very cliche but I've always been a goal-oriented person, which is maybe why

Running Scared

 

Scared. That's the word that best describes my feelings right before I attempted tonight's run. In the past 6 weeks there have been some ups and downs in my training. It's mostly been up (I'll write later about the progress I've made in that time period). That being said, I've taken the past 6 days off from training. Why? Well...