So not blogging for almost two months means one of two
things; 1, I have nothing to saw (not likely) or 2, I have been busy and not
sure what to writ so I don’t. The second
is the most likely reason because I have been able to keep up on my Twitter but
writing anything of substance.
Prefontaine was quoted as saying that “a man can fail many
times but is not a failure until he starts blaming someone else.” Well I have been reminded of that quote a few
times these past few months. I don’t want
to blame the fact that my races have not gone well because of my son but I have
not been able to sleep. We all know that
having the proper amount of sleep is very important. Because he has not been sleeping all that
well 4-6 hours this makes for early mornings and long days. So I am I a failure for blaming him for my
slow times?
Not exactly I have just found the reason why my times are suffering. If I look at the last two races I think this
is evident. The half marathon did not go
very well and neither did my marathon. I
have the training to some degree maybe not to the same degree that I did last
year but it all comes down to the rest and the ability to recover. My training times have been okay but I have
also not been able to get some of those very important at pace training runs in
that are the backbone of my training. So
as I go forward I think that I need to come to terms of the new norm at least
until he starts sleeping more at night then who knows what could happen, things
could go back to how they were or not. Either
way this is the new norm for now.
