Topic for LRB:  Why can't I bring myself to sign up (or even get interested in) any races this year?

 

Annnnd pyschoanalysis: Go.

Because you have not built up enough trust in your refurbished hip yet and if you are like any of us, you are probably expecting it to break again if you do and break your spirit in the process.

 

Because you have not built up enough trust in your refurbished hip yet and if you are like any of us, you are probably expecting it to break again if you do and break your spirit in the process.

Hmmm.  Yep, that's probably pretty much it.   Spot on, as usual, sir!

I had it bad with my SI joint thinking it would shatter at a moments notice (and some days just wished it would to get it over with) but my therapist at the time () assured me that I would return to my pre-injury self and she was right.

When we actually turn the corner and leave our fears behind differs for each of us and sometimes you don't even realize that you have.

I actually think it's my other hip (that's been bothering me lately) that has me most concerned.    So, yeah.

 

Injuries do as much damage to your head as they do the broken body part!

Good morning.  I'm going to hit the garden and front yard with the hoe and do some weeding while the ground is still soft from the recent rain.  Next 10 days are forecast to be dry and warm, so its back to drought we go.

 

My hope today is to drive out to the park this afternoon to get me run it, but I'll see how the days goes.  The convenience of having a TM steps aways, as opposed to driving 15 minutes to someplace runnable outside, wins the argument more often than not.

I'm the exact opposite, lol.  If I see a trail or road or some area that looks interesting to me, one that I've never run on before, I will drive to it - even if it takes 2 hours, lol - just to run go explore it and run 3 or 4 miles on it.

I got out of that stupid class an hour early! THANK YOU DAILIES! 

I didn't know we helped with that.  We have ways!

My shot left me exhausted, so I napped.  Now off to Pilates.

Oski - Maybe it's a good thing to not want to race just yet.  When your full confidence returns, so should your competitive drive.  Or something.

 

onemile - It will be interesting to see how you do on not-not-training.  Hopefully it will be successful.

 

I took advantage of today's mild(er) temperatures to split and bring in a lot of wood in preparation for the next big chill.  I also reattached the mailbox *again* and implemented another temporary hillbilly solution that looks promising.  A wooden pallet is staked into the ground just ahead of the box on the oncoming traffic side, so that it bears the brunt of the snow wave coming off the plow and protects the box.

I kind of did this last spring.  I ran a marathon on a whim off of half marathon training.  I had only run 16 miles three times, nothing further (in the past 6 months).  I ended up running a 3:32.  For this one I will probably run 18 at least once.  But the course is also harder.  I'd be happy to run a 3:32 again. We'll see I guess.