I feel relieved! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh…………!

Last week, I posted about not being into half marathon training and now I’m feeling relieved.  About an hour after I wrote that post and email arrived in my inbox. “Race postponed”. Instantly I felt relieved. Relieved that I didn’t have to keep training. Relieved that the last 4 weeks of horrible training wouldn’t matter. Relieved that I didn’t have to make the decision for myself to keep fighting with my lack of training. Relieved!

Now, just because my half marathon is cancelled doesn’t mean I’m not going to run. It definitely means I’m not going to bother trying to even FIND my training plan to follow anymore. I’m done with a structured training plan and just running and riding to take care of me – physically, mentally and emotionally.

I’ve been out twice running since receiving word that my race is cancelled. The first run was great and did it with our dog, Carmacks. It’s still good running weather for him, so we’ll take advantage of that while we can. The second run was just a struggle from start to end. My legs felt heavy and I was super angry at everything! After my run, I felt a lot better and wasn’t SO angry. Life is just too up in the air for my liking right now.

My half marathon will now happy early November – which is kinda cool as I’ve never run a half marathon in November before! The fall is getting busy with normal races and now rescheduled races.

So, though I’m relieve that my half-ass training is over I’m still going to run and ride as much as I can, when I can, wherever I can. We just had a big dump of snow yesterday!!! After all the snow had melted we now look like a winter wonderland again. Not going to lie, I’m done with winter and snow. Bring on spring please and thank you!

How are you coping with everything?

Are you relieved or not at all that your race is cancelled/postponed?