Race Out, Mileage Up

Saturday night we sat down to make our flight and hotel reservations for the Edge 2 Edge half-marathon. We found our expenses for that trip piling up fast, much higher than what currently rests in our travel savings. Added to the prospect of going into debt for a race was a probable schedule change at Magik that meant this would no longer be a good time to leave town.

Each of us had privately wondered if we should cut our losses (race registration fees) and forego the trip. So, Saturday we said it out loud and made it so.

It was a huge relief: the money in travel savings can grow, and we each got back a week we'll need for work projects. And now when we do do the race, we can run it with Bjoern and Jenny, who discovered it in the first place.

Physically, we could've run it, no problem. Not having the race looming, though, allows us to change our training schedule to meet current needs, namely: we aren't getting enough mileage in a week.

Our speed and hill workouts have been great, but we find we're doing both on hill days: we do four repeats of a long hill, and time ourselves to track improvement. So, we decided to cut the speed-only track runs in favor of a mid-length run. It'll help our distance capacity, and should kick me off of a weight plateau I'm on.

Ever made a fitness goal change you thought would be a bummer but turned out to be really beneficial?


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