As I have stated before, I am competitive. I was raised that way. It is part of my personality. It's my Dad in me.
On Saturday I am running a 5K with 2 of my friends. At first we started out saying that we were just going to do this for fun. That lasted about 5 minutes in my head. If I'm going to run a 5K, I'm going to run a 5K, not jog, not walk, not talk.
So what started out as a healthy fun thing to do has turned into a major competition in my head. My friends are planning on doing the fun talk and walk and run thing. I'm planning on running. I have set a goal in my head and I'm not sure if I can do it or not. I had a great run last week and thought that my goal was completely reasonable. This week I've had a really bad run and an average run. Neither gives me the confidence to say that I will meet my goals.
So here I sit on Thursday contemplating and picturing my race in my head. I have another whole day to think about it, picture it, run it in my head. Right now I go from doing well in my head to doing horrible. Why does it really matter? Why am I putting myself through this? What I really need to do is let it go and try to just do my best on Saturday.
Any advice?
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My advice: Be realistic--although you might not know what that looks like until Saturday. I planned to run a lot last weekend, but it was hard to find a groove with 34,999 other people running the same route. When all was said and done, I still felt a great sense of accomplishment, even though I wasn't the track star I'd hoped I would be. And--as a bonus--every picture shows me running and smiling!
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