The Night Before the 5K

So, tomorrow's my goal race... or, at least, it was supposed to be. PR-ing my time trial a few weeks ago at Hearts and Soles kind of shot my motivation. I mean, when you reach your goal before you had planned, it's kind of hard to keep going. I suppose I could have taken that shiny new PR and used it to say, "Heeeey! You're even faster than you thought. Keep training this way, and you'll be even faster at your actual goal race."

...but I really haven't.

Instead, I've let lots of cold, rainy Thursdays without teammates drive me from the track to the treadmill for half-baked speedwork (or, worse, lazy miles without any speedwork). I've let the fact that I've had at least a day each week with someone in my family under-the-weather be an excuse to take it easy. I've let myself seriously check out of the last four weeks of 5K training, because, well, quiet honestly, I no longer want to PR at Publix.

I started off this training cycle wanting to get myself back in "fast shape", and I nailed it. Instead of raising my goal, I was content to check the "PR" box and call this cycle good.

And you know what?

I am 100% cool with it.

I'm actually really glad that tomorrow isn't my goal race. I'm nowhere near in good enough shape for it, and I don't mean training-wise. Spending the last two days on my feet downtown, volunteering for the Olympic Marathon Trials, has been amazing, but it's really exhausted me. Couple that with attempting to be at least a decent co-parent for my husband when I've been in the house, and I don't think I've got anything left to give tomorrow.

I am soooooo grateful I had the race I had at Hearts and Soles four weeks ago. Now I can just enjoy running tomorrow without feeling like I'm slacking off on the goal I'd set for myself. 

So, what do I want for tomorrow? Um, idk.

Honestly, it's 7:30pm the night before the race, and I still haven't figured out:

• how I'm getting to the race (MARTA or driving)
• what time I need to leave my house (or even wake up)
• what I'm wearing/bringing

These are things I'm normally have SET two days in advance. 

So, yeah, I haven't even thought about what I want to run. Guess I'll figure that out before the gun goes off tomorrow?